Low cost airline Fastjet enters Mozambican market

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Low cost airline Fastjet enters Mozambican market

11:52 CAT | 29 Sep 2017

Award-winning low-cost African airline Fastjet has announced that it will begin domestic flights in Mozambique soon. The airline, which currently operates in Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa will be the first low-cost pan-African carrier to enter the Mozambican market.

Fastjet enters Mozambique in partnership with Solenta Aviation Mozambique, a division of its largest shareholder, Solenta Aviation, which is also its operational partner in the country. Fastjet will make an announcement about routes and schedules soon.

Commenting on the launch, Fastjet Chief Executive Nico Bezuidenhout said: “Mozambique is a very important market for Fastjet, and soon we will have the opportunity to offer flights between some of the main cities in the country on a daily basis, with affordable fares.”

Fastjet aim had always been to make air travel more accessible to all, he said. “Fastjet is the airline for everyone.”

Fastjet’s Mozambican routes will use Embraer E145 50-seat jets, offering comfortable inter-city air travel.

“We have flown more than 2.5 million people since our launch in 2012, and there is no better way to celebrate our fifth anniversary than to launch the Fastjet brand in Mozambique,” added Bezuidenhout. “As we grow in Mozambique, we plan to increase our fleet and introduce higher-capacity aircraft if demand moves in a positive direction.”

About Fastjet

Fastjet is a multi-award winning low-cost African airline that began flight operations in Tanzania in November 2012, flying passengers from Dar es Salaam to just two domestic destinations – Kilimanjaro and Mwanza. Today, fastjet’s route network includes Tanzanian domestic routes from its Dar es Salaam base to Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, and Mwanza, and international routes from Tanzania to Lusaka (Zambia) and Harare (Zimbabwe). Fastjet also began flight operations from its Zimbabwe base in October 2015, and now flies domestically from Harare to Victoria Falls, Harare to Dar es Salaam and internationally from both Harare and Victoria Falls to Johannesburg (South Africa).

The airline has flown over 2.5 million passengers with an impressive aggregate 94% on-time performance, establishing itself as a punctual, reliable, and affordable low-cost carrier.

Source: FASTJET / Press Release