Air Tanzania to Resume Flights to Russia on September 7 After Temporary Halt
The airline said affected passengers will get full refunds or free rebooking after the route was paused over a routine safety review.
- On September 4, 2026, Air Tanzania Company Limited suspended flights between Dar and Moscow, citing a routine risk assessment of the operating environment along the route.
- The airline conducts these assessments continuously across its entire network, and where the outcome supports a pause, it takes one, according to a public notice issued on September 3.
- "Safety considerations always take precedence over commercial ones," ATCL said, as the suspension immediately affects flights TC422 and TC423.
- Passengers holding tickets for the affected flights may contact customer service or travel agents for full refunds or rebooking at no additional cost.
- No specific resumption date has been announced, as ATCL stated, "We continue to monitor conditions in consultation with the relevant authorities and will announce the resumption of services as soon as the assessment supports it.
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Air Tanzania becomes first African airline caught in Ukraine’s Russian airspace warning
Air Tanzania has temporarily suspended its Dar es Salaam-Moscow service after conducting a risk assessment of operating conditions along the route, adding an African dimension to growing concerns over the safety of Russian airspace.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Air Tanzania, the state-owned airline of East Africa's Tanzania, has temporarily suspended flights to Russia...
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