Fastjet, Africa’s first pan
African low cost carrier, is pleased to announce the new www.fastjet.comwebsite is now
live and tickets are on sale ahead of the airline’s first flight later this
month.
Tickets for domestic routes in
Tanzania including Dar es Salaam – Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam – Mwanza went
on sale yesterday through the Company’s offices and travel agents. On-line
internet booking is available from this morning with payment options available
through fastjet offices, travel agents and bank acount. Fastjet will be
introducing credit card and further innovative payment options
including M-Pesa and Airtel Money over the coming
months
fastjet’s CEO Ed Winter
said:
“We have had an great response to our
first tickets going on sale with over 100 seats sold within the first two hours
for flights departing from the 29th November. Everyone at Fastjet is
really excited about bringing low cost air travel to the people of Africa and
with prices starting at US$20 one-way excluding taxes and charges, we are making
flying an affordable option for more Tanzanians than ever
before.”
fastjet Executive Chairman David Lenigas
added:
“The sale of the first tickets for
fastjet anywhere in the world is a momentous day for the Company and the
culmination of six months of hard work from the fastjet team. Our first three
Airbus A319s will be arriving in Tanzania shortly and we are very much looking
forward to providing reliable airline services to an international standard for
the people of Africa.
“The fastjet launch in Tanzania will be
the start of what the Company believes will be a truly great pan African low
cost airline. Over time, we plan to have fastjet flying the Continent of Africa
from north to south and east to west.”
Fly540 flights in Ghana, Angola, Sierra
Leone and Cote d’Ivoire can still be booked through the www.fly540africa.com
website and Kenya through the www.fly540.com website. Strong growth has been recorded in the
Angola and Ghana hubs in the last few weeks as the fastjet yield management team
refine pricing and route scheduling in these areas. This performance will be
demonstrated in the next month passenger statistics reporting. Passenger numbers
for the month of October stood at 51,015, up 26.6% on the same month last
year.
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