Fewer people are flying between Kenya and Tanzania, especially local travellers, as fuel prices rise and Tanzania adds taxes on airfares, Business Daily reports. Safarilink is now one of only two Kenyan airlines on the route since Jambojet pulled out.
Flights between Kenya and Tanzania are losing passengers, Business Daily reported. Demand from local travellers has fallen the most. The paper blamed higher costs. Fuel prices have surged, and the Tanzanian government has introduced taxes on airfares.
Safarilink Aviation was one of only three Kenyan airlines running scheduled flights to Tanzanian airports from Nairobi and Mombasa. According to Business Daily, it is now one of two, after Jambojet bowed out of the route.
In an interview with the paper, Safarilink CEO Alex Avedi explained how the carrier has kept flying to Tanzania as some airlines opt out. The available extract does not include his specific comments.
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