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June

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Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to Zanzibar

When to book flights to Zanzibar

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  • How do I get from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Stone Town?

    Passengers who want to travel to the famous Stone Town mainly known for its historical heritage which is located around 5 miles away, can take a taxi which is the only readily available means of transport. The journey takes approximately 15 minutes from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport at an affordable cost.

  • How can I access a visa for an unexpected trip to Zanzibar?

    For passengers who happen to have an abrupt trip to Zanzibar, you can readily access a visa at the airport. You need to visit the visa place through to the luggage collection within the airport. The airport offers the visa at an affordable price. Keep in mind that the visa is important on a return flight.

  • What are the requirements for passengers accompanied by minors?

    For passengers who are accompanied by a minor, you need to have a valid passport for yourself and the minor. Also, the minor's guardians should provide a consent letter to validate their permission for the minor to travel.

  • Are there direct flights to Zanzibar?

    Unfortunately, there are no direct flights to Zanzibar. Choose from one-stop flights to Zanzibar if you're flying out of major airports in places like New York, Washington, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Turkish Airlines, Austrian Airlines, United, Emirates, and Lufthansa are the airlines that fly into Zanzibar most frequently. The flight includes a layover and it will probably be in one of several popular locations along this route, depending on the airline, such as Istanbul, Doha, Dubai, or Kilimanjaro.

  • What is the quickest way to get from Zanzibar Airport to the city center?

    It will take approximately 20min to travel into Zanzibar by taxi and cost about $20. While flat-rate taxis are available in the transportation area of the arrival terminal, you can also try putting your bargaining prowess to work and negotiating a lower fee. Alternatively, you can also make it to the city center in 30min by using the “Dala Dala” bus for less than $1, or, depending on your final destination and time of the day, pay $20 for a rideshare like Uber or Bolt.

  • Which major cities are closest to Zanzibar Airport?

    Zanzibar Airport is the second-largest airport in Tanzania, with frequent departures to major East African destinations, such as Nairobi, Kenya, the coast of Mombasa, Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Tanga, and even Dubai. Zanzibar Airport has also partnered with international airlines to make connecting to different parts of Europe, Asia, and North America relatively easy. Additionally, seasonal non-stop flights to Zanzibar are available from well-known airlines; to find affordable rates, use the KAYAK search engine to compare fares from Europe and the Middle East.

  • Does Zanzibar Airport provide amenities for travelers with reduced mobility?

    Yes, every possible accommodation with be made for those with disabilities or reduced mobility. If you or your travel companion has reduced mobility, you can talk to the airport staff to make proper arrangements because every airport is mandated to provide assistance to travelers with special needs.

  • Are there designated pick-up and drop-off zones at Zanzibar Airport?

    Yes, taxis are located right outside the arrivals terminal, and unless you are ready to haggle, it’s easier to ask an airport attendant to call a cab on your behalf. If you have made online reservations for a rental car, you can pick up your car keys directly at the car rental company desk within the airport.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Zanzibar

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Zanzibar flight deals.
  • Zanzibar Airport (ZNZ) serves as the hub for ZanAir. If you'll be exploring more than the island, consider flying with ZanAir as you can easily get many domestic connections, including to Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Pemba Island, Saadani, and Selous.
  • Zanzibar Airport has three terminals, but only Terminals 2 and 3 handle flights. Terminal 3 serves only international flights, and most likely the terminal to receive flights from the US, while terminal 2 handles both domestic and international (continental) flights.
  • If you’re traveling to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)—commonly called Zanzibar Airport—with pets, ensure that they are vaccinated for rabies at least 30 days before your flight. You must also apply for a special permit from Zanzibar authorities that allows you to bring an animal through the Zanzibar Airport.
  • If you are traveling with children, consider visiting the Kids Play area, located at Gate 11 in the Zanzibar Airport. You may also be able to use a complimentary stroller at the airport for your infant or toddler.
  • If you’re looking for a quiet space to unwind at Zanzibar Airport, you can purchase a Priority Pass to gain access to the Zanzibar DHOW Lounge or the 24-hour Paradise Business Lounge. These lounges also cater to business travelers who need work-related services, such as printing, copying, and faxing.
  • Travelers renting at a car at Zanzibar Airport should inquire with their car rental companies about rental package add-ons, such as additional drivers, liability insurance, or GPS systems to help navigate the Zanzibar archipelago.
  • Flying through an alternative airport near Zanzibar provides opportunities to fly with different airlines or find cheap fares and connections. You can opt for one of Tanzania’s largest airports, such as Dar es Salaam Airport (DAR), Pemba Airport (PMA), or Tanga Airport (TGT) in Northern Tanzania.
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United States to Zanzibar Kisauni

Monday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +33 more

Air France, Air India, +34 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air France, Air India, +37 more

Air Canada, Air France, +38 more

Wednesday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +34 more

Air France, Air India, +35 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air France, Air India, +36 more

Air Canada, Air France, +37 more

Friday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +35 more

Air France, Air India, +36 more

Saturday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +38 more

Air France, Air India, +39 more

Sunday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +34 more

Air France, Air India, +35 more

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Nonstop returns

Zanzibar Kisauni to United States

Monday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +33 more

Air France, Air India, +34 more

Tuesday

Air Canada, Air France, Air India, +37 more

Air Canada, Air France, +38 more

Wednesday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +34 more

Air France, Air India, +35 more

Thursday

Air Canada, Air France, Air India, +36 more

Air Canada, Air France, +37 more

Friday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +35 more

Air France, Air India, +36 more

Saturday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +38 more

Air France, Air India, +39 more

Sunday

Air France, Air India, Air Serbia, +34 more

Air France, Air India, +35 more

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Top 5 airlines flying to Zanzibar

 
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DeltaOverall score based on 10295 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.0Entertainment
7.4Food
8.6Crew
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3 hours late and all they have is was a $12 meal voucher. That’s not even enough to cover fast food.

2.0 MediocreCraig, Jun 2024CVG - LGA
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3 hours late and all they have is was a $12 meal voucher. That’s not even enough to cover fast food.

Among the poorest flights I’ve had with Delta in a while. Entertainment system failed completely on a 7.5 hr flight. Crew seemed distracted and not the normal friendly crew. Flight overbooked it seemed… very crowded.

If I can, I always fly Delta. I’ve found their service to always be reliable and pleasant.

You could have not cancelled the flight (AA, which I will be flying from now on) left for BOS despite the fictitious weather issues (that no one in my Boston family could see). You could have rebooked my direct flight to another direct flight instead of sending me though JFK, the worst US airport after O’Hara You could have rebooked me on a Main Cabin seat (like the one I paid for in my original ticket instead of putting me a the last row on JFK->BOS leg, pocketing the difference in ticket price But I do not really care whether you will ever do that in a future because in a future neither I nor anyone from my company (unless they pay out of pocket) nor an of my clients and partners (if they heed my advice) will ever be caught dead on any of Delta flights

Really bad baggage handling. Had my Rimowa bag badly damaged at the latches.

It was pretty good I was worried with the short Layover that I might not catch my connection but the gate was there

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

There was plenty of overhead room but half of the passengers were told they had to check their carryon bags. My partner and I checked in as early as possible and our seats were split across the aisle.

Friendly flight attendants. Comfort plus seats were very comfortable and had lots of leg room. 10A and 10 B.

I've flown many many times on Northwest and then Delta. The crew on this flight were absolutely the best I've had the pleasure of being looked after by.

Besides the flight cancellation, everything else was prefect. Kudos to Malaysian Airlines.

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

The made us waiting and held our passports and boarding pass making us miss our flights

Not impressed. Only allowed one carry on on such a long flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

Overnight flight in the old style Business class, but still very good.

I was in business class, without the business class amenities. Large seat with lots of legroom, but no TV or bed. Food was okay, but I did enjoy the Turkish red wine.

Excellent service and comfort from the moment you check in. Flight crew is hyper focused on making passengers comfortable and at ease. It’s like a flying hotel!

Only chicken as a meat dish through out the flight

Nothing really was great as such. Seen other no name airlines perform better.

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

Flight canceled and then “uncanceled” after I booked are placement. I had to pay for both a Turkish Air doesn’t admit their mistake

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

On line check in needs a lot of improvement. I tried and gave up.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

Again, entertainment system didn't work. 50% of aircraft don't seem to have a functional entertainment system and the crew is absolutely uninterested in fixing. They just say Addis needs to fix it. Well, Addis had better get off it's butt and fix their aircraft.

My entertainment screen wasn't working and they couldn't fix it.

I was a good, but long trip. The airline did a good job. I would use them again.

Choice of Vegetarian Food in Economy class needs overhaul improvement

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

The crew were extremely unfriendly. The plane was dirty and the entertainment system did not work, so they did not even give out earphones to anyone.

The flight was one hour late. The food is mediocre and the screen was broken

Seat in front of my wife was broken so it reclined further than normal and without having to push the recline button so my wife had absolutely no room the entire 17 hour flight. My seat was broken and wouldn't recline at all. Also.. my tray table was sticky and dirty right away before I even used it. Also...the floor in the back of the plane from our row of seats on back was totally soaked and both times we landed water came rushing out of the food/servant area like a flood onto the same already wet carpet. It got everything wet that was placed around our feet...including our shoes and socks.

Flight was smooth but unnecessary long because we had to refuel at FCO Rome. Air hostesses service and response to call light could be better. Both planes were old with broken seat arms and toilets. Why Africans had to be given the farthest Gates is what baffles me and why we have to pay for Aisle seats I found really strange. Is there ever an end to ripping people off even after paying over $2300 for one seat.

The entertainment (movies) blockbuster and classics never change. I am a frequent Ethiopian flyer and this should be addressed. Not much changed from my summer flight and my December flight. It is annoying - surely you can update the selections more often. Same with food options. It becomes extremely boring to be offered the same exact meals from Washington to Addis to Maputo every trip, each time. AS

Seriously one of the most disappoint experiences I have ever had when flying. My flight got delayed FIVE hours. Nobody wanted to help at the airport (“this is Kenyan booking, we cannot do anything”). I got on the phone with someone from Kenyan for one hour until he finally moved my ticket to a Delta ticket. Then the painful journey restarted - the Delta crew in land kept saying there was no other flight and ai had to wait. An agent called Gerard Robert was being so sarcastic I felt humiliated. He would say things like “you say you understand what I am saying but you are not understanding what so am saying”. I asked him to please speak in a less sarcastic tone and he said “I am not going to speak with you anymore, go find someone else”. These were his words. Tired, after 14 hours in a plane, I just wanted to cry. I looked for another agent, who was an angel and rebooked me to another flights. Thanks to her, I made it to my meeting in Washington-DC. I am going to send a formal complaint to Delta about agent Gerard Robert. It is not fair to speak with customers in that cynical, sarcastic tone. If one works in customer service, it ia important to mind that tones can make people feel humiliated. And turning the back to a customer by saying “Go find someone else” can’t be part of his training.

I almost missed my flight because my previous flight (Mombasa- Nairobi, also Kenyan airways) landed in a different terminal. There was no signs whatsoever, no information shared. It felt messy. If the flights are purchased together, like mine, there has to be indications on how to board to the following one.

The cabin is due for a refresh - the seats are very thin and not very comfortable. The AVOD system also did not work on one of the seats and the touch screen were very glitchy. The overall cleanliness of the aircraft could be improved

Food was great. They never to add more current entertainment like movies and shows

Front section of economy cabin is better than rear. Paid for seats selected.

Good flight. Paid for seats sat the frront section of the economy. Better than rear cabin.

Flight was delayed for 9 hours. We finally arrived ved at 0435hrs instead of 1950hrs the previous day. No compensation was provided.

Apart from delay of 3 hrs in Nairobi for onward flight to Dar all fine. Looked like operational issues caused it.

I booked a round trip flight and boarded a Kenya Airways trip from New York (JFK) to Nairobi (JKIA). First flight from New York to Nairobi was uneventful with no issues. However, the return flight was beyond disappointing. To begin with I had paid an extra $60 each for premium seats (me and my wife) in economy aisle 15 (B & A). However, upon settling down in the middle seat, I noticed that the controller had been ripped off meaning I would not have access to some of the seat functionalities like the individual lighting etc. I proceeded to alert a flight attendant that the controller was missing and she politely responded to me by telling me if I need anything, to use my wife’s seat controller (on the window seat) to call for assistance and I would be assisted accordingly. I was surprised by the response that she gave as it felt like my comfort and request for a service that I paid for was undermined, but nonetheless I opted to play it nice and kept my calm. After this I engaged in a conversation with a passenger (Caucasian / White male) who sat next to me on the aisle seat. In the process of having this conversation I asked him if he had paid for his seat. He went ahead to politely tell me that he had been moved from a seat in the back by one of the flight attendants and had not paid any extra fees. During this conversation, he noticed that the charging docks were not working and he needed to charge his iPad to watch his Netflix show (it was on pause). Alarmed by this, he went ahead and flagged one of the flight attendants who without wasting any time acted astonished and as fast as lightning was able to find him a better seat a few rows in front. Please note, all the charging plugs were not working for the three seats. In summary, below are the reasons for the low rating: 1. Charging for a broken seat: Kenya Airways should not charge for a defective seat. If a seat is defective and is paid for, the airlines should work out a way to either refund the customer or move the customer to a better seat – regardless of skin color. 2. Below Par Customer Service: Do not debilitate a customer’s request especially when a paid for service is not delivered – regardless of skin color. Assuming that I am comfortable with having to either keep alerting the flight attendant or relying on my wife’s seat to perform some of the functionality I may need is ridiculous. 3. Biasness / Inequality / Prejudiced Behavior: The Caucasian/ White male was treated with more favor. Not only was he moved around to make sure he was comfortable (free of charge) but all his complaints were resolved immediately without any hesitance. On the contrary, I being a black man of African descent who had paid an additional premium for his seat, I was completely ignored and told to settle for what I got.

It has been 1 week since arriving at my destination and I still have not recieved my kite surfing bags. Office will not communicate properly on location or when my bags will arrive. No advice on what to do on luggage that has not arrived in over a week. Simply not happy with Kenya airways at the moment.

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