Air Tanzania Links Dar es Salaam, Victoria Falls & Cape Town With New A220 Route
A new bridge between Tanzania and the Cape
Air Tanzania is adding Cape Town to its growing international network, introducing a twice-weekly service from Dar es Salaam that also stops in Victoria Falls. The route launches on December 11, 2025, just in time for the South African city’s peak summer season.
The new link gives travelers in both countries a direct option that didn’t previously exist, while also tying in one of Southern Africa’s most iconic tourist attractions along the way.
A triangular route via Victoria Falls
The service will operate as a triangular route:
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Outbound: Dar es Salaam – Victoria Falls – Cape Town
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Inbound: Cape Town – Dar es Salaam (nonstop)
On the southbound leg, passengers can fly from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town with a stop in Victoria Falls, or disembark in Victoria Falls itself. On the return, flights operate directly from Cape Town back to Dar es Salaam, improving total journey time for passengers returning to Tanzania or connecting onward.
The inclusion of Victoria Falls is a smart play: it allows Air Tanzania to serve three key leisure markets—Tanzania’s safari and beach destinations, Zimbabwe’s world-famous falls, and South Africa’s Cape region—on a single routing.
Schedule and aircraft details
Air Tanzania will operate the new Dar es Salaam–Victoria Falls–Cape Town service twice weekly using its Airbus A220-300 aircraft.
The A220-300 is well-suited to this kind of regional, medium-haul flying:
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Narrowbody economics with near-widebody comfort
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Modern, fuel-efficient engines that help keep operating costs and emissions down
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A comfortable 2–3 seating layout in economy, avoiding long runs of middle seats
While exact timings may shift slightly by season, the pattern is clearly designed to:
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Arrive in Cape Town at convenient daytime hours for hotel check-in and same-day connections
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Depart Cape Town at times that align with onward connections from Dar es Salaam to East, West, and even parts of Asia
New options for tourists and business travelers
For travelers starting in Cape Town, the new route effectively turns Dar es Salaam into a gateway to Air Tanzania’s broader network. From Dar, passengers can connect onward to:
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Kilimanjaro – for access to Arusha, safaris, and Mount Kilimanjaro
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Zanzibar – one of East Africa’s most popular beach destinations
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Lagos – connecting Southern and West Africa
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Guangzhou – providing a one-stop option from Cape Town to China
For Tanzanian and regional travelers, Cape Town’s appeal is obvious:
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Leisure travel to one of Africa’s most popular coastal and wine-region destinations
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Strong business and government ties between South Africa and Tanzania
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Better access to Southern African tour circuits that combine Cape Town, the winelands, and Victoria Falls in one itinerary
By threading Victoria Falls into the routing, Air Tanzania is also positioning itself to attract multi-stop leisure travelers who might previously have stitched these destinations together via Johannesburg or multiple separate tickets.
Part of Air Tanzania’s wider growth story
The new Cape Town route fits neatly into Air Tanzania’s broader strategy of rebuilding and modernizing the national carrier under government backing. The airline has been expanding its fleet with new-generation aircraft, including the A220 family, while extending its network across Africa and to long-haul points such as Guangzhou.
Recent and planned additions across the region—such as Lagos, Victoria Falls, and other African gateways—are helping Air Tanzania move from a primarily domestic and regional operator toward a more connected pan-African player with selective long-haul services.
By choosing an efficient narrowbody like the A220-300 for this route, the airline can:
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Serve a long, thin international market without needing widebody demand
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Maintain good frequency with manageable risk
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Offer a consistent product across its growing medium-haul network
Bottom Line
Air Tanzania is set to launch a twice-weekly Dar es Salaam–Victoria Falls–Cape Town service on December 11, 2025, operated by the Airbus A220-300.
The route creates a new direct link between Tanzania and Cape Town, adds Victoria Falls into the mix on the southbound leg, and plugs Cape Town into Air Tanzania’s wider network, including Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Lagos, and Guangzhou. It’s a strategically smart, tourism-friendly addition that leverages the A220’s economics and supports the airline’s broader fleet and network modernization across Africa.
