Flights TC422 and TC423 are suspended indefinitely from September 4, announced Air Tanzania. The company explained that this decision was made after a scheduled route risk assessment.
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Air Tanzania constantly conducts such assessments across its route network. If the results show that a suspension is justified, we implement it. Safety issues always take precedence over commercial ones,” the carrier’s statement said.
Passengers were offered a full refund or a free rescheduling of the flight to another date or the option to choose another route. It is currently unknown when flights will resume.
They flew holidays to Zanzibar
Direct flights between Tanzania and Russia were only started in July 2026 – after a break that began during the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft were to fly the Dar es Salaam – Moscow – Zanzibar route three times a week.
Rosaviatsiya called the arrival of Air Tanzania “a very good step in developing aviation accessibility across the African continent.” In the future, Russian officials considered extending the route to the Seychelles.
Tanzania is popular among Russians for safari parks and Zanzibar resorts. Air Tanzania was the only carrier operating direct flights between these countries, writes the Telegram channel Baza.
After Zelensky’s statement on September 1, dozens of flights were temporarily postponed, and planes turned around in the air and returned to departure airports.
Russia was alarmed by Zelensky’s words: is operation “M&M’s” starting?
15min reminds that Ukraine’s warnings about danger in Russian airspace may mean something more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s statement that Russian airspace is becoming “dangerous” for airlines marks the start of operation “M&M’s.” This was stated by The Atlantic journalist Simon Shuster, who first reported on Ukraine’s plans to carry out this operation back in August.
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According to him, one of the sources who revealed these plans confirmed that Zelensky’s words are directly related to “M&M’s.”
On September 1, Zelensky stated that Russian airspace is becoming dangerous for airlines, insurers, and other participants in international flights. He said Ukraine does not threaten civil aviation and does not intend to attack civilian aircraft. At the same time, he emphasized that due to the activity of drones in the sky over Russia, the situation in the aviation sector is changing.
The Ukrainian president separately addressed airlines that continue to operate flights to Russian airports, especially to Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other main directions.
“The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our relevant agencies will provide international structures with all information about dangers in Russian airspace. Civil aviation has no place among drones,” the president emphasized.
“M&M’s” – swarms of drones in Russian airspace
On August 21, The Atlantic, citing sources, reported that Ukraine planned operation “M&M’s,” which would use swarms of autonomous drones employing artificial intelligence.
According to journalists, the plan envisaged launching up to 1,000 small drones daily. Their goal was to disrupt the operation of Moscow airports, force international airlines to stop flights to the Russian capital, strengthen the isolation of the Russian “elite,” and create additional pressure on the Kremlin to start negotiations.
Why then was the operation stopped
At the same time, The Atlantic noted that preparations for the operation were halted after Mykhailo Fedorov was dismissed from the post of defense minister. According to the publication, he coordinated project funding with European partners and gathered Ukrainian developers to create AI-based targeting systems.
A representative of the Ukrainian president’s office categorically denied information about the planned operation in a comment to The Atlantic, calling these claims unfounded.
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