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Tanzanian airline
ZanAir Limited is a domestic airline based in Zanzibar, Tanzania; it was founded in 1992 in Zanzibar. It is currently on the List of airlines banned in the EU.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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ZanAir Limited is a domestic airline based in Zanzibar, Tanzania; it was founded in 1992 in Zanzibar. It is currently on the List of airlines banned in the EU.2
ZanAir was established in 1992 by Carl G. Salisbury, who believed there was a market to be explored regarding the tourism industry of Zanzibar and the Tanzania region.
The first flight of ZanAir occurred on May 4, 1991, when Carl G. Salisbury landed on Zanzibar with a Piper Seneca II.
From Wikipedia’s article on ZanAir, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:
As of September 2022, all of the aircraft currently in ZanAir's fleet have expired their CoAs, and haven't been renewed as of yet. The ZanAir fleet consists of the following aircraft:
From Wikipedia’s article on ZanAir, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
