Low-cost service Jambojet launched flights between Mombasa and Zanzibar on July 1.
The flights function on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, utilizing an 82-seat De Havilland Sprint 8-400 plane.
The flights have been initially introduced on the East African Regional Tourism Expo in Nairobi final November.
“Mombasa performs a big function in our community, contributing 33% to our revenues and passenger numbers. Venturing into Zanzibar presents thrilling alternatives for each nations and we’re delighted to play a basic function within the growth and progress of this market,” mentioned Jambojet Chairperson, Vincent Rague.
The launch is according to the East African Group’s goal of selling the financial bloc’s seven accomplice states as a single vacationer vacation spot. The East African Tourism Advertising Technique goals to place the area as a number one sustainable tourism vacation spot, with the target of growing aggressive multi-destination merchandise and branding as a single tourism vacation spot.
“Aligned with this technique is our choice to increase to Tanzania which can be rooted within the evolving dynamics of journey in East Africa, to extend exports and rising tourism statistics between Kenya and Tanzania and emphasising the rising connection between the 2 nations,” mentioned Rague.
