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Zanzibar is the fourth-largest airport in East Africa this winter, up from seventh year-on-year.
Addis Ababa remains top, followed by Nairobi. Dar Es Salaam is now third, up by one place, while the island nation of Mauritius – which was third – has fallen out of the top-10.
Zanzibar has seven new airlines this winter: AZUR Air; KLM; Nord Wind; Royal Flight; SkyUp; Uganda Airlines; and UTAir. Nord Wind, which last operated in winter 2018, is back.
KLM started Zanzibar in December 2020 with a twice-weekly service using 294-seat B787-9s. It operates triangularly: Amsterdam – Zanzibar – Dar – Amsterdam.
Yet it is Russia and Ukraine that is key for winter 2020, with Russians flocking to African islands.
The two nations now have almost 209,000 seats at Zanzibar, up from zero last winter – and 40% of the airport’s total. The previous winter high – in winter 2018 – was just 7,200.
Addis Ababa remains top, followed by Nairobi. Dar Es Salaam is now third, up by one place, while the island nation of Mauritius – which was third – has fallen out of the top-10.
Zanzibar has seven new airlines this winter: AZUR Air; KLM; Nord Wind; Royal Flight; SkyUp; Uganda Airlines; and UTAir. Nord Wind, which last operated in winter 2018, is back.
KLM started Zanzibar in December 2020 with a twice-weekly service using 294-seat B787-9s. It operates triangularly: Amsterdam – Zanzibar – Dar – Amsterdam.
Yet it is Russia and Ukraine that is key for winter 2020, with Russians flocking to African islands.
The two nations now have almost 209,000 seats at Zanzibar, up from zero last winter – and 40% of the airport’s total. The previous winter high – in winter 2018 – was just 7,200.