Abeid Amani Karume International Airport ZNZ / HTZA

Exclusive ground and passenger handling concession at Terminal 3, operating since 1 Dec 2022 under a concession agreement with the Government of Zanzibar (announced Nov 2021); succeeded prior local handlers Zanzibar Aviation Services & Travel Trade Ltd and Transworld Aviation Ltd, confirmed by CAPA/Centre for Aviation coverage of the 2022 ZAA handler audit. Serves 27 airlines and roughly 5,700 flights/year as of Feb 2026, per coverage of MD Marwan Essa's appointment (biztoday.news, 17 Feb 2026).

Independent ground handler at AAKIA since before the dnata era — one of the two incumbents displaced from Terminal 3 when dnata's exclusive T3 concession took effect Dec 2022 (The Citizen: handlers given two months to vacate T3; job cuts followed in 2023), now handling at Terminal 2 and for non-dnata traffic. Own site (twa-znz.com) claims capability for narrow-body, wide-body and VIP/executive aircraft with full GSE, ~2,300 flights and ~600,000 pax/yr, and names KLM, Eurowings Discover, Air France, Edelweiss, flydubai, Kenya Airways, Astral Aviation (cargo), Nordwind and Pegasfly as clients (client list may pre-date the 2022 T3 shake-up). Signed an MoU with National Aviation Services (NAS, now Menzies) in Apr 2022 for technology, training and ISAGO support (AviationPros). Contact-page phone •••; homepage shows ••• — discrepancy on their own site.

Oldest handler on the island — incorporated 18 Nov 1994, operating since 1 Apr 1995, self-described biggest independent ground services provider in Zanzibar serving 800,000+ pax/yr (own site, zat.co.tz). Restricted to Terminal 2 from Dec 2022 when dnata took exclusive T3 rights, despite a concession agreement ZAT says runs to 2030 — it lost T3-bound clients and cut jobs (The Citizen, 2022-23). Duty manager •••, duty officer •••, ramp •••, ops centre ••• per own contact page.

Tanzania-based GA/VIP and executive handler listing Zanzibar (ZNZ) as one of five Tanzanian stations (DAR, ZNZ, JRO, MWZ, DOD) plus Nairobi, Mombasa and Entebbe on its own site (equityaviation.co.tz): ramp handling, VIP meet & greet, fast-track and lounge access — the third-handler/FBO layer for tourist charters and bizjets, listed at HTZA by Business Air News and Aviapages. · 24/7 per own site ('round-the-clock support')

Into-plane Jet A-1 and Avgas refuelling at ZNZ. Named by Zanzibar's President as the airport's jet-fuel supplier during a 2026 fuel-pricing dispute (Daily News); Puma Energy Tanzania describes itself as the sole AvGas supplier and a leading Jet A-1 provider nationwide (ippmedia.co.tz, AviaDev 2025), operating to JIG and IATA Fuel Quality Pool (IFQP) standards (The Citizen).

'Refuelling Service' listed under Support Services on own site — read as coordination/arrangement; the into-plane supplier at ZNZ is Puma Energy Tanzania (see separate entry).

'Fueling' appears in ZAT's own quick-links service list — read as arrangement/coordination only; into-plane supply at ZNZ is Puma Energy Tanzania.

'Safe, efficient and on-time aircraft refuelling services' offered per own site — read as fuel arrangement/credit through the local into-plane supplier (Puma Energy) rather than own hydrant/bowser capacity.

Zanzibar's first locally owned airline (operating since 1999, hub AAKIA, ~9 aircraft: Cessna/Piper/ATR) holds TCAA Approved Maintenance Organisation certificate TCAA/AI/CA/2.04 ('TROPICAL AIR (Z) LTD' on the TCAA AMO register) and links a 'Tropical Air Maintenance' unit from its own site (tropicalair.africa) — the only AMO on the register clearly based at ZNZ. Whether it takes third-party GA work (the natural candidate for visiting Cessna Caravan/PC-12 tourist-charter support) is not published, hence unconfirmed. Second phone •••, •••.

Aircraft interior cleaning, toilet service, water service and cabin equipment listed under Ramp Services on own site.

Ancillary GSE provided with ramp handling per own site: GPU, ACU and ASU, plus aircraft moving (pushback/towing) and loading equipment.

'GSE and ULD Maintenance' listed as a quick-link service on own site; scope (own fleet only vs third-party GSE work) not documented, and some site copy reads like template text — flagged unconfirmed.

Operates a dedicated cargo centre at T3 for perishables, pharmaceuticals, dangerous goods, live animals, aircraft engines and vehicles (dnata media centre); handles roughly 6,000 tonnes/year as of Feb 2026 (biztoday.news, 17 Feb 2026).

Cargo & Mail Warehouse Services per own site nav; Astral Aviation freighters named among clients — relevant to Zanzibar's seafood/spice export flows alongside dnata's T3 cargo centre.

Cargo handling, import/export and mail handling per own site (•••; Import & Export desk •••) — one of the pre-dnata cargo channels for Zanzibar's seafood/spice exports, now T2-side.

Holds EU RA3 regulated-agent status for cargo/mail security screening at its Zanzibar warehouses, corroborated by dnata Zanzibar Security Supervisor job postings referencing RA3 Validation duties; lets air cargo screened at ZNZ move into the EU without re-screening. AAKIA separately holds an ICAO Security Audit 'A' grade from June 2023 (Daily News; ATTA).

Government-mandated passenger and airport security screening under the Zanzibar Airports Authority; Abeid Amani Karume International Airport received an ICAO Security Audit 'A' grade in June 2023 for compliance with global aviation security standards (Daily News; ATTA). The specific operating unit performing screening (ZAA in-house staff vs. police/TCAA delegation) is not documented, so marked unconfirmed.

In-house security services per own site: passenger/baggage reconciliation, cargo and post-office mail security including high-value cargo, document verification and access management airside and in terminals.

Aircraft security services offered alongside handling per own About page.

'Transportation Services' listed under Support Services on own site — airline/crew surface transport on request.

'Surface Transport' listed as a service on own site — ground transport arranged with handling.

Dedicated Load Control and Flight Operations department per own site nav.

Arrangement of landing and overflying permits, flight operations support, aircraft supervision and executive/GA aviation handling per own site (•••, •••).

Flight operations support per own site: permits, flight planning and coordination, run from a 24/7 operations control centre (•••). · 24/7