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Etihad plans new daily service to Tanzania

ABU DHABI, September 22, 2014

UAE national carrier Etihad Airways will be expanding its African route network with the launch of a daily service to Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania next year.

Flights between Abu Dhabi and Dar es Salaam, which commence on December 1, 2015, will be operated using Airbus A320 aircraft with 16 Business Class and 120 Economy Class seats, said the airline in a statement.

Dar es Salaam will be Etihad’s 110th destination globally, and its 11th destination in Africa and the Indian Ocean.

The daily schedule will offer two-way connectivity over Etihad’s hub in Abu Dhabi, with convenient onward connections to 45 popular destinations across the Middle East, Europe, the Indian Subcontinent, North and Southeast Asia, and Australasia.

The demand for the new route will be boosted by strong flows of business and leisure travellers, as well as cargo volumes, between the East Africa region and the Indian Subcontinent and China, said a top official.

President and CEO James Hogan said: “Dar es Salaam is an important new route on Etihad’s global network. It builds upon our existing presence in Africa, and supports the close trading relationship between the United Arab Emirates and Tanzania.”

The UAE is the primary trade partner of Tanzania in the GCC region. Between 2007 and 2012, trade between UAE and Tanzania increased by more than 350 per cent to $761 million.

Tanzania has the sixth largest population in Africa (51 million), with over four million people living in Dar es Salaam.

The large proportion of the community consist of market traders and proprietors of small businesses whose families originated from the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent - areas of the world with which the settlements of the Tanzanian coast have had long-standing trading relations.

“Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing regional economies, and the launch of this new route also enhances access and the two-way flow of trade and tourism between the continent and key destinations across our global network, supports inbound tourism, encourages investment, and provides much needed local employment,” he added.-TradeArabia News Service




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