Tropical Air
Appearance
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Commenced operations | 1999 |
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AOC # | 45 |
Hubs | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport |
Fleet size | 9 |
Destinations | 7 |
Headquarters | Zanzibar,Tanzania |
Key people | Captain Omar Haji and Nephew Farouk Daud Othman |
Website | www |
Tropical Airis anairlinebased inZanzibar,Tanzania.It began operations in 1999 with a single aircraft and was the first locally owned airline in Zanzibar. It was founded by Captain Omar Haji. It operates in Pemba, Dar es Salaam alongside other area in Tanzania. They are no longer in operation[1]
Destinations[edit]
Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[2]
Hub | |
Future | |
Terminated route |
City | Country | Airport |
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Arusha | Tanzania | Arusha Airport |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Julius Nyerere International Airport |
Mafia Island | Tanzania | Mafia Airport |
Mbeya | Tanzania | Songwe Airport |
Mtwara | Tanzania | Mtwara Airport |
Pemba Island | Tanzania | Pemba Airport |
Zanzibar | Tanzania | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport |
Fleet[edit]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Tropical_Air_parked_arusha_airport.jpg/220px-Tropical_Air_parked_arusha_airport.jpg)
The Tropical Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2013):[3]
Aircraft | In Service | Passengers |
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Piper PA-28 Cherokee | 2
|
3
|
Piper PA-34 Seneca II | 1
|
5
|
Piper PA-31 Navajo | 1
|
7
|
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan | 3
|
13
|
ATR 42-300 | 2[4]
|
50
|
Total | 9 |
References[edit]
- ^"Company Profile".Tropical Air.Retrieved27 January2013.
- ^ "Flight Schedule"(PDF).Tropical Air.Retrieved27 January2013.
- ^ "Air Fleet".Tropical Air.Retrieved27 January2013.
- ^"Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)".Airliner World(November 2016): 34.