Travellers reach Tanzania from 3 African airports on 5 catalogued routes, flown by Kenya Airways, PW, South African Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Airlink, FlySafair. This corridor sits in the intra-Africa + Gulf hub transit corridor. The tables below list every catalogued route, the carriers on it, and — where our cache has data — the lowest USD fare seen; all fares are quoted in USD, with on-the-ground spending in TZS.
Routes to Tanzania
5 catalogued corridors reach Tanzania from 3 African airports, flown by 6 carriers and totalling about 67 weekly departures, with block times from 0.5 h to 4.0 h. 1 of them run fewer than seven times a week, the line where a cancellation starts costing days rather than hours.
| Route | Carriers | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) | Guide |
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| Nairobi (NBO) → Dar es Salaam (DAR) | KQ, PW | ~35 | ~1.5 | $210 | guide |
| Johannesburg (JNB) → Dar es Salaam (DAR) | SA, KQ | ~14 | ~3.5 | — | guide |
| Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Zanzibar (ZNZ) | KQ, ET | ~7 | ~0.5 | $79 | guide |
| Johannesburg (JNB) → Zanzibar (ZNZ) | 4Z, FA | ~4 | ~4.0 | $494 | guide |
| Nairobi (NBO) → Zanzibar (ZNZ) | KQ | ~7 | ~1.5 | $295 | guide |
1 of these corridors runs fewer than seven times a week, which is the line where disruption stops being an inconvenience. Below daily frequency, a cancellation can mean days rather than hours, and re-accommodation onto another airline requires an interline or codeshare agreement rather than goodwill. If your dates into Tanzania are fixed, prefer the higher-frequency gateway even at a higher fare.
Weekly frequency here is our catalogue’s estimate for each corridor as a whole rather than a published timetable for one airline, and it moves with the seasonal schedule change. Block times are scheduled gate-to-gate for the nonstop sector, so a much longer duration on a booking screen means a connection. Both figures are our own estimates, last revised 2026-05-19.
Airlines flying to Tanzania
6 carriers fly the corridors into Tanzania covered here; for the 5 we hold details on, checked-baggage baselines run from 20 kg to 23 kg, and 3 of them belong to a global alliance. Baselines are economy figures and depend on the fare family you buy.
Carriers operating the catalogued routes to Tanzania, with alliance, baggage baseline and any diaspora or pilgrim baggage uplift:
| Airline | Alliance | Checked baggage | Diaspora uplift | Hajj/Umrah charter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya Airways (KQ) | SkyTeam | 23 kg | +5 kg | No |
| PW (PW) | — | — | — | No |
| South African Airways (SA) | Star Alliance | 23 kg | +5 kg | No |
| Ethiopian Airlines (ET) | Star Alliance | 23 kg | +5 kg | Yes |
| Airlink (4Z) | - | 23 kg | +7 kg | No |
| FlySafair (FA) | None | 20 kg | — | No |
Diaspora and migrant-worker baggage uplift recorded against these carriers: Airlink +7 kg, Ethiopian Airlines +5 kg, Kenya Airways +5 kg and South African Airways +5 kg. Three exclusions normally apply to promotions of this kind: they attach to nominated corridors rather than the whole network, they are rarely honoured on another airline’s codeshare or interline segment, and the deepest-discount fare buckets are usually carved out. Confirm against your own booking class in writing.
Visa & entry — Tanzania
This page does not state an entry requirement for Tanzania, because the rule depends on your passport. Check Tanzania’s own immigration or foreign-ministry guidance for your nationality before booking — it is the only authority worth acting on.
Visa requirements for Tanzania vary by passport. Check Tanzania’s official immigration or foreign-ministry guidance for your nationality before booking. On-the-ground currency: TZS.
Read any entry rule against your own passport. The row above names the nationalities it covers; an ECOWAS, EAC, Maghreb or Horn passport not named there can face a different fee, a different processing route, or no eligibility at all for the same destination.
The trap on a Tanzania itinerary is usually the transit rather than the destination. A connection can place you airside in a third country that requires a transit visa for your nationality even when you never leave the terminal, and the airline checks documentation for the entire itinerary at the origin gate. Check every country your ticket touches, against your own passport.
When to book
Book 4-8 weeks ahead. Treat that window as general guidance for travel into Tanzania rather than a rule for a single pairing; on thin corridors seat availability binds before price does.
Book 4-8 weeks ahead. Fares rise around the December holidays; mid-week departures are usually the cheapest. See each per-route guide for month-by-month fare seasonality.
Treat the window as a function of the schedule rather than a rule. Dense corridors into Tanzania keep releasing inventory, so a late booking costs money but still works. Thin ones sell their cheap buckets months ahead and then simply run out, which is a different failure — one that no amount of refreshing a search will fix.
There are two different problems here and they have opposite answers. With flexible dates, scan a whole month — the seasonal spread in our own fare log is wider than any difference between one gate and another. With dates locked by a pilgrimage, a school term or a job start, searching is wasted effort and buying early is the only lever left.
Cached fares to Tanzania
$79 is the lowest USD quote our cache holds on any corridor into Tanzania — on DAR-ZNZ — out of 4 priced corridors of the 5 catalogued. Each is one cached observation on its own corridor, in economy, not a low across the cache.
Lowest USD fares in our weekly Travelpayouts cache on routes to Tanzania (market lows across all carriers, each a dated observation; check live prices before booking):
| Corridor | Market low (USD) | Cheapest month seen |
|---|---|---|
| DAR-ZNZ | $79 | $40 in Jul 2026 |
| NBO-DAR | $210 | $123 in Oct 2026 |
| NBO-ZNZ | $295 | $161 in Feb 2027 |
| JNB-ZNZ | $494 | $232 in Jul 2026 |
| Corridor | Readings | Cached range (USD) | Cheapest week |
|---|---|---|---|
| JNB-DAR | 5 | $257–$516 | 2026-W29 |
| NBO-DAR | 4 | $144–$237 | 2026-W29 |
| JNB-ZNZ | 3 | $456–$462 | 2026-W23 |
| NBO-ZNZ | 3 | $304–$319 | 2026-W25 |
| DAR-ZNZ | 4 | $64–$79 | 2026-W23 |
Those rows come from our weekly fare log, which samples the cheapest published quote once a week across 161 corridors. Each reading is a single snapshot rather than an average of everything sold that week, so a one-week dip can be one small fare bucket. What the range does establish is a defensible floor: a live quote far above the top of the range on a Tanzania corridor is worth a second search on flexible dates.
Departure airports for Tanzania
3 African airports have a catalogued corridor to Tanzania on this site: Dar es Salaam (DAR), Johannesburg (JNB) and Nairobi (NBO). Fares from every one of them are quoted in USD so the origins stay comparable. Separately issued sectors carry no protection if the first runs late.
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Dar es Salaam airport (DAR) — Julius Nyerere International, Tanzania: 11 catalogued departure corridors and 2 arrival corridors.
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Johannesburg airport (JNB) — O.R. Tambo International, South Africa: 39 catalogued departure corridors and 6 arrival corridors.
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Nairobi airport (NBO) — Jomo Kenyatta International, Kenya: 19 catalogued departure corridors and 6 arrival corridors.
The other reason to compare gateways is frequency. A corridor with several rotations a day gives you a same-day recovery option that a twice-weekly service cannot, and on a trip with a fixed commitment in Tanzania that resilience is usually worth more than the saving. Each airport guide linked above lists its catalogued corridors, carriers and cached fare floors.
FAQ
Do I need a visa for Tanzania? Visa requirements depend on your passport. Check the destination’s official immigration or foreign-ministry guidance for your nationality before booking.
What currency is used in Tanzania? Tanzania uses TZS. Plan on-the-ground spending in TZS and compare airfares in USD.
How many routes go to Tanzania from Africa? Our catalogue lists 5 routes to Tanzania from 3 African airports — see the table above.
When are flights to Tanzania cheapest? Book 4-8 weeks ahead. Fares rise around the December holidays; mid-week departures are usually the cheapest.
Which airlines fly to Tanzania? Carriers on routes to Tanzania include Kenya Airways, PW, South African Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Airlink, FlySafair. See the per-route airlines in the table above.
How cheap are flights to Tanzania? The lowest cached fare to Tanzania in our weekly snapshot was about $79 on DAR-ZNZ — a dated observation, not a current price. Fares move with season; the route guides show each fare with the date it was found.
Search live fares
5 catalogued corridors into Tanzania means a live search will return several routings for the same dates; the lowest cached floor across them in our weekly snapshot was $79 — a dated observation, not a current price. Dates move the price more than any other variable. Fares across all 5 of those corridors are quoted in USD on this site so origins in different African markets stay comparable on one page.
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Three checks make results comparable. Fix passenger count and cabin before comparing, because a per-passenger fare and a total look identical on a results page. Read the elapsed time next to the price — a one-stop routing into Tanzania and a nonstop are different products. And check whether the fare includes the checked bag you will actually carry.
Scan the calendar, not the vendors. Between departure months our weekly log shows movement on these corridors well beyond anything that separates one booking gate from another, so a single flexible-date search outperforms repeated fixed-date ones. When the dates are fixed, earlier purchase is the only remaining lever.