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Cape Town - Low cost airline Fastjet announced on Monday that it will commence international flight operations on Friday October 18.
The airline's first international flight, from Dar es Salaam's Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania to O R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, is scheduled to depart at 09:15 on Friday morning and arrive in South Africa at 11:45, local time.
Fastjet will initially operate flights between the two cities three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, increasing in frequency as soon as consumer demand dictates.
"The South African department of transport has completed its review of the additional documents it requested and has issued an updated foreign operator permit. fastjet is delighted that, in line with our expansion strategy, operations can now commence on this route," said Fastjet CEO and interim chairperson Ed Winter.
"Until now, flying between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg has been prohibitively expensive for many people. The launch of this service offers a new, affordable and reliable option to both Tanzanians and South Africans."
London-listed Fastjet postponed its Johannesburg to Dar es Salaam flights in September.
The company has posted an operating loss of $39m (about R399m) in the six months to the end of June 2013.
Most of the losses occurred in its start-up operations in Tanzania, although the legacy Fly540 turbo-prop operations it purchased from Lonrho Aviation also lost $6m.
- Fin24
The airline's first international flight, from Dar es Salaam's Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania to O R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, is scheduled to depart at 09:15 on Friday morning and arrive in South Africa at 11:45, local time.
Fastjet will initially operate flights between the two cities three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, increasing in frequency as soon as consumer demand dictates.
"The South African department of transport has completed its review of the additional documents it requested and has issued an updated foreign operator permit. fastjet is delighted that, in line with our expansion strategy, operations can now commence on this route," said Fastjet CEO and interim chairperson Ed Winter.
"Until now, flying between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg has been prohibitively expensive for many people. The launch of this service offers a new, affordable and reliable option to both Tanzanians and South Africans."
London-listed Fastjet postponed its Johannesburg to Dar es Salaam flights in September.
The company has posted an operating loss of $39m (about R399m) in the six months to the end of June 2013.
Most of the losses occurred in its start-up operations in Tanzania, although the legacy Fly540 turbo-prop operations it purchased from Lonrho Aviation also lost $6m.
- Fin24
