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Dar es Salaam Airport (DAR) — Direct Flights, USD Fares | Tanzania

DAR Dar es Salaam airport: 13 catalogued routes, hub for . USD fares, schedules, carrier comparison.

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CE Written by CheapFlightsAfrica Editorial Team · Updated May 2026 · 5 min read
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Julius Nyerere International (DAR, ICAO HTDA) serves Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and is both a departure point and a destination in the corridors catalogued here. Our catalogue links 11 direct destinations out of DAR and 2 African origins into it, served by 12 carriers.

At a glance

13 catalogued corridors touch Dar es Salaam (DAR / HTDA) in Tanzania: 11 outbound and 2 inbound, flown by 12 carriers. 2 of those corridors carry a cached USD quote in our fare file; the rest are catalogued on schedule evidence alone. The mix runs 8 sectors under four hours, 3 of four to seven and 2 beyond seven.

AttributeDetail
IATA / ICAODAR / HTDA
CityDar es Salaam
CountryTanzania
Direct destinations (catalogued)11
Reached from (African origins)2
Coordinates-6.878, 39.203

The route mix at DAR splits into 8 short sectors under four hours, 3 medium sectors of four to seven hours and 2 long-haul sectors beyond seven — a profile that tells you what the terminal is actually built around. 3 of the corridors here are flagged in our data as labour-migration or diaspora routes, where checked-baggage terms drive booking decisions more than schedule does.

Two codes, two uses. DAR is the IATA code you will see on a ticket, a baggage tag and a departure board, while HTDA is the ICAO code used in flight plans, NOTAMs and air-traffic filing. They are not interchangeable: IATA codes are reused across the world’s smaller fields and are the ones that cause mis-booking, which is why every corridor on this site is keyed on the pair of codes rather than a city name.

Airlines serving DAR

12 carriers appear on the DAR corridors catalogued here, 11 of them with a row in our carrier file, recording checked-baggage baselines from 23 kg to 46 kg, and 7 of those rows sit inside a global alliance (Star Alliance 3, SkyTeam 3, Oneworld 1). A blank cell means no recorded value, not a zero.

These carriers operate the DAR corridors catalogued on this site.

AirlineAllianceChecked baggageHajj/Umrah charter
Ethiopian Airlines (ET)Star Alliance23 kgYes
KLM (KL)SkyTeam23 kgNo
Qatar Airways (QR)Oneworld30 kgYes
Emirates (EK)None30 kgNo
Turkish Airlines (TK)Star Alliance30 kgNo
Airlink (4Z)-23 kgNo
Kenya Airways (KQ)SkyTeam23 kgNo
LAM Mozambique Airlines (LM)-23 kgNo
RwandAir (WB)None23 kgNo
Saudia (SV)SkyTeam46 kgYes
South African Airways (SA)Star Alliance23 kgNo
PW (PW)No

Alliance spread decides how easily a disruption at DAR gets fixed. With 3 Star Alliance carriers, 3 SkyTeam carriers, 1 Oneworld carrier on these corridors, a passenger stuck here can sometimes be reflowed onto a partner without a new ticket — but only within the same alliance, and only when the original ticket permits it. Between alliances, re-accommodation is a commercial favour rather than an entitlement.

Top routes from DAR

8/10 is the highest demand score on any DAR corridor in our catalogue — Dar es Salaam to Dubai (DAR–DXB), about 7 flights a week on EK. Demand score is this catalogue’s own 1-10 editorial rating across 13 corridors at DAR, not a passenger count from a civil-aviation authority.

Sorted by demand; the USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our cache has seen on the corridor across all carriers.

RouteCarriersFreq/wkBlock (h)Market low (USD)
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Johannesburg (JNB)4Z, KQ~15~3.5
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Nairobi (NBO)KQ~14~1.5
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Dubai (DXB)EK~7~5.5
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Addis Ababa (ADD)ET~14~2.5
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Amsterdam (AMS)KL~7~9.5
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Doha (DOH)QR~7~6.0
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Zanzibar (ZNZ)KQ, ET~7~0.5$79
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Istanbul (IST)TK~5~8.0
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Kigali (KGL)WB, KQ~4~2.5
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Maputo (MPM)LM, KQ~3~3.0
Dar es Salaam (DAR) → Jeddah (JED)KQ, SV~3~6.0

About 47% of the roughly 135 weekly departures catalogued at DAR sit on just three corridors. That concentration is why the airport’s overall size tells you nothing useful about your own flight: on the trunk routes a cancellation costs hours, while on the tail of the distribution the next departure can be several days out. Read the frequency column, not the terminal.

Corridors and typical fares from DAR

2 of the 13 DAR corridors carry a cached USD quote, the lowest at $79. Fares are quoted in USD across the whole site so corridors from different African markets stay comparable. Sector length drives the shape: 8 run under four hours, 3 four to seven and 2 beyond seven.

Most DAR corridors here serve intra-Africa and Gulf-hub business travellers. The mix is 8 short intra-Africa hops (under 4 h), 3 medium Gulf-range sectors (4–7 h), 2 long-haul routes (over 7 h). 3 are labour-migration or diaspora corridors where extra-baggage allowances matter. USD fares vary by corridor — intra-Africa typically $400–900, Gulf hubs $500–1,200, long-haul $800–2,200; each per-route guide below carries live cached fares.

CorridorCached low (USD)Cheapest month seen
DAR-ZNZ$79$40 in Jul 2026
NBO-DAR$210$123 in Oct 2026

The shape of the fare curve follows the sector length. The 8 short corridors under four hours from DAR price like regional traffic and move mostly with the day of the week; the 2 long-haul corridors beyond seven hours move with season and school holidays, and can double between the cheapest and dearest month in our own cache. Mixing the two on one average would be meaningless, which is why every corridor page carries its own floor.

Direct flights from DAR — 11 destinations

11 catalogued routes are listed below for DAR, reaching 11 countries, led by Ethiopia, Netherlands and Qatar. Our catalogue records 11 departure and 2 arrival corridors at DAR, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare. The list is this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable.

Each link opens a corridor guide rather than a booking form: carriers, an estimated weekly frequency, scheduled block time, the great-circle distance used that sets an EU261 or UK261 band where either applies, and whatever the fare cache holds. That is deliberate — the useful decision on a corridor is usually which routing and which carrier, and only then which price.

The list covers this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable. We add corridors where there is a real audience among African travellers — diaspora, pilgrim, intra-Africa and business traffic — so a seasonal charter or a thin regional service out of Dar es Salaam may be missing even though it operates. A blank fare means no cached quote rather than no service.

Direct flights to DAR — 2 routes

2 catalogued routes are listed below for DAR, reaching 11 countries, led by Ethiopia, Netherlands and Qatar. Our catalogue records 11 departure and 2 arrival corridors at DAR, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare. The list is this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable.

Each link opens a corridor guide rather than a booking form: carriers, an estimated weekly frequency, scheduled block time, the great-circle distance used that sets an EU261 or UK261 band where either applies, and whatever the fare cache holds. That is deliberate — the useful decision on a corridor is usually which routing and which carrier, and only then which price.

The list covers this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable. We add corridors where there is a real audience among African travellers — diaspora, pilgrim, intra-Africa and business traffic — so a seasonal charter or a thin regional service out of Dar es Salaam may be missing even though it operates. A blank fare means no cached quote rather than no service.

FAQ

How is DAR airport connected? DAR (Dar es Salaam) connects to 11 destinations and is served by direct flights from 2 origins in our catalogue — see the full route list above.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for DAR airport? The IATA code is DAR and the ICAO code is HTDA. The airport serves Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

How can I check fares and schedules for routes through DAR? Each route in the list above links to a guide with live USD fares, weekly frequency and the airlines that operate it.

Which airlines fly from DAR? Carriers on DAR corridors catalogued here: Ethiopian Airlines, KLM, Qatar Airways, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Airlink, Kenya Airways, LAM Mozambique Airlines. See the airlines table above for alliance and baggage.

What is the cheapest flight from DAR? In our fare cache the lowest market fare out of DAR is about $79 on Dar es Salaam–Zanzibar (DAR-ZNZ). Fares move with season — check live prices on the route guide.

3 related pages follow. Each is linked because it shares an endpoint, a carrier, a country or an audience cluster with this one — the annotations say what each adds, so the ones that do not apply to your trip can be skipped.

  • Flights to Tanzania — country landing page: 5 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.
  • Addis Ababa airport (ADD) — Bole International, Ethiopia: 13 catalogued departure corridors and 6 arrival corridors.
  • Amsterdam airport (AMS) — Schiphol, Netherlands: 0 catalogued departure corridors and 8 arrival corridors.

These links come out of the data rather than an editorial wish-list. Two pages are connected when they share an airport, a carrier, a destination country or an audience cluster, which means the list is stable as the catalogue grows and does not drift toward whatever term happens to rank. Skip what does not match your trip.

Corridor pages carry the per-route detail — carriers, weekly frequency, scheduled block time, great-circle distance and whatever the fare cache holds. Airport pages carry the full catalogued route list at that field, the based hub carriers and the compensation regime of the country it sits in. Carrier pages carry the baggage baseline, alliance and the network as this catalogue records it.

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Updated May 2026

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