Founded by ingenious entrepreneur Nicola Colangelo‚ Coastal started in 1987 as an inbound operator offering “Personalized Safaris & Air Charters” for the tourism market when the natural beauty of Tanzania was not commonly known amongst the global community. The original Coastal fleet comprised of one Aircraft‚ a Cessna 206T and three beautiful large Dhows‚ a typical East African small sailing boat. As the country experienced economic development‚ sailing to Zanzibar became a business for faster powered boats. Coastal Aviation decided to focus on the aviation side of the business but maintained the Dhow at sunset on the logo to remind us of our romantic beginnings.
