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| Founded | 1997 | |||||
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| AOC # | 25 | |||||
| Hubs | Arusha Airport | |||||
| Fleet size | 5 | |||||
| Destinations | 13 (scheduled) | |||||
| Parent company | Airkenya Aviation | |||||
| Headquarters | Arusha, Tanzania | |||||
| Website | www.regionaltanzania.com |
Regional Air Services is an airline based in Arusha, Tanzania. It is the Tanzanian division of Airkenya and operates domestic services and charter flights in East and Southern Africa.[1]
The airline was established in 1997 and started operations in July 1997. It is wholly owned by Airkenya Aviation.[1]
Scheduled services are operated to the following cities:[2]
- Arusha
- Dar es Salaam
- Fort Ikoma
- Grumeti
- Kilimanjaro
- Kogatende
- Lake Manyara
- Lobo
- Ndutu
- Sasakwa
- Seronera
- Tarime
- Zanzibar
Charter flights are also operated throughout Tanzania.
The Regional Air Services (Tanzania) fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of November 2018):[3]
| Aircraft | In Fleet |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessna 208 Caravan | 2 | — | 13 | |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 1[4] | — | 18 | |
| Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II | 1 | — | 11 | |
| Bombardier Dash 8 | 1 | — | 37 | |
| Total | 5 |
- ^ a b Flight International 12–18 April 2005
- ^ "www.airkenya.com - Kenya and Tanzania African Safaris and Wildlife, Book online your flights". www.airkenya.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007.
- ^ "Regional Air Services Fleet". Regional Air Services. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.