Air Tanzania starts Lagos–Dar es Salaam flights, govt pledges visa reforms

By Dickson Omobola

Tanzanian authorities has pledged to reappraisal its visa strategy to easiness question for Nigerians flying from Lagos to Tanzania connected the country’s nationalist carrier, Air Tanzania.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Professor Godius Kahyararara, disclosed this successful Lagos arsenic Air Tanzania launched nonstop flights betwixt Dar es Salaam and Lagos.

Kahyararara said the determination to commencement nonstop flights to Lagos was made to guarantee the connectivity of the African continent.

Addressing newsmen astatine the event, helium said: “What I tin committedness is that wrong a week, determination volition beryllium large changes successful the visa system. We person already discussed this with our colleagues successful Nigeria and Tanzania, and it is 1 of the issues that indispensable beryllium resolved to guarantee the nonstop formation benefits some countries.

“We person Nigerians who question for tourism, and Zanzibar is their astir charismatic destination. Our probe showed that they often instrumentality longer to scope Zanzibar due to the fact that they question done Addis Ababa oregon Nairobi, which are longer routes. Now, it volition beryllium imaginable to scope Tanzania successful little than 5 hours.”

Also speaking, Tanzania Ambassador to Nigeria, Selestine Kakele, said: “Nigeria is Africa’s 2nd largest system aft South Africa. In definite indicators, Egypt besides ranks 2nd aft South Africa. For us, this represents a large accidental to unfastened up Tanzania by establishing nonstop aerial transport services that link our 2 nations. This transportation volition fortify trade, investment, and people-to-people ties betwixt Tanzania and Nigeria.”

Meanwhile, the CEO of Air Tanzania, Eng. Peter Ulanga, highlighted the opportunities and invited Nigerian travellers to research Tanzania’s world-class attractions; from the Serengeti and Mount Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar’s beaches; portion celebrating Nigeria’s energy, civilization and entrepreneurial spirit. Beyond rider travel, Eng. Ulanga besides announced plans to grow cargo freighter operations, with capableness for 54 tons. This volition unfastened caller commercialized flows from Nigerian yams to Tanzanian java gathering commerce and fueling prosperity. “With Lagos present successful our network, Air Tanzania connects to 29 destinations crossed Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, including Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dubai, Mumbai, and Guangzhou. This is much than a timetable, it is simply a bushed of advancement and a shared destiny for our people.

“This is much than a caller route. It is simply a bushed of progress, starting with 3 play flights from Dar es Salaam to Lagos (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and instrumentality flights from Lagos (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). Together, we are opening the skies to greater business, tourism, and taste exchange.”

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