{"id":45819,"date":"2026-09-18T07:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45819"},"modified":"2026-09-18T07:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:31:11","slug":"british-airways-announces-return-to-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/british-airways-announces-return-to-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"British Airways announces return to Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Airways has announced its return to Tanzania after a 15-year hiatus, revealing new direct routes to Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar as part of its network expansion for the summer 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom&#8217;s (UK) flag carrier confirmed on Thursday that it will launch flights from London Gatwick to Kilimanjaro International Airport and Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar. Framing Tanzania as &#8220;one country, two extraordinary escapes,&#8221; the airline aims to connect European leisure travelers directly to East Africa&#8217;s top safari destinations and coastal resorts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new routes mark a significant boost for Tanzania&#8217;s tourism sector, restoring direct UK carrier connectivity to the region for the first time since British Airways suspended its Dar es Salaam service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Industry analysts expect the direct long-haul flights from London Gatwick to increase international visitor arrivals to northern Tanzania&#8217;s wildlife circuits and the Zanzibar archipelago, strengthening economic ties and trade corridors between the UK and East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45820,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-45819","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tanzania tourism boosted as British Airways restores direct UK flights after 15 years","published_date":"2026-09-18 07:29:03","news_description":"Tanzania tourism boosted as British Airways restores direct UK flights after 15 years","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45821,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45819\/revisions\/45821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}