Fastjet – flying into clear air or more turbulence?
TANZANIA PUTS FASTJET (T) INTO LIQUIDATION AS FASTJET (Z) MAY SEE OWNERSHIP CHANGES (Posted 27th November 2019) Tanzanian authorities are driving the last nail into the coffin of Fastjet (Tanzania) as the liquidation of the company has now reportedly been ordered. While national airline Air Tanzania lingered on the ground, debt ridden, mismanaged and without […]
Fastjet Zimbabwe formally confirm Bulawayo to Johannesburg fligths
FASTJET TO LAUNCH BULAWAYO DIRECT TO JOHANNESBURG FLIGHTS NOW THAT REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE IN PLACE (Posted 15th November 2019) Fastjet Zimbabwe’s boss man Julian Edmund just informed ATCNews about the newest route the airline is going to launch with two flights every workday from Zimbabwe’s second largest city of Bulawayo directly to Johannesburg. Wrote Julian: […]
#Fastjet #Mozambique announces halt of operations
FASTJET MOZAMBIQUE TO STOP FLIGHTS EFFECTIVE 26TH OF OCTOBER (Posted 21st October 2019) Fastjet Mozambique Limitada just announced the suspension of its domestic flight operations in Mozambique, effective midnight Saturday 26th of October 2019. All flights, including their code-share arrangements with LAM Mozambique Airlines to Maputo, Tete, Beira & Quelimane, are to be suspended from […]
Fastjet Zimbabwe launch Senior Citizen fares
ZIMBABWE’S SENIOR CITIZENS TO ENJOY A 15 PERCENT REBATE ON FLIGHTS WITH FASTJET (Z) (Posted 04th October 2019) Fastjet Zimbabwe has broken new ground when the airline announced a very special deal for the country’s senior citizens. Recognising “International Day of Older Persons” celebrated on 01st of October, Fastjet announced a special offer for all […]
#Zimbabwe Civil Aviation Authority grants more regional routes to Fastjet (Z)
FASTJET SECURES REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR MORE ROUTES (Posted 28th August 2019) More routes and additional frequencies, that is what Fastjet Zimbabwe had applied for and which was now granted to the airline by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development. New route include among others Victoria Falls to Maun in Botswana, the springboard to the […]
Fastjet Zimbabwe to serve the Bulawayo – Johannesburg route
NEW REGIONAL ROUTES IN THE MAKING FOR FASTJET ZIMBABWE (Posted 25th August 2019) Fastjet Zimbabwe has confirmed that the Minister for Transport has approved new regional routes for the airline. Among those will be a service between Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city – and in September host to the country’s annual Sanganai / Hlanganani Tourism […]
Fastjet adds FlexiFlyer benefits to reward ‘premium’ passengers
‘FLEXIFLYERS‘ WITH FASTJET NOW ENJOY ADDED BENEFITS (Posted 25th August 2019) Fastjet Zimbabwe has launched a new set of benefits for their passengers booking the airline’s ‘FlexiFlyer‘ fares, which, while higher than the lowest possible fares available in the market, will in turn give a range of added benefits. At the airports in Harare, Bulawayo, […]
Fastjet Zimbabwe reschedules Victoria Falls flights after aircraft hit by vehicle
AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REASON FOR FLIGHT DELAYS (Posted 10th August 2019) A service vehicle at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport reportedly hit a Fastjet (Z) aircraft yesterday, prompting the cancellation of that flight destined for Harare. The subsequent unavailability of an aircraft then also caused the flights from Harare to Victoria Falls and from Victoria Falls […]
#Fastjet #Zimbabwe apologizes to customers over schedule changes
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LEADS TO SCHEDULE DISRUPTIONS FOR FASTJET ZIMBABWE (Posted 23rd July 2019) Fastjet Zimbabwe overnight extended their apologies to their customers for the unintended inconveniences realised due to maintenance on their aircraft, which has resulted in some recent flight disruptions. Owing to both scheduled aircraft maintenance and an additional technical fault on another aircraft, […]
#FastjetTanzania application to return to the skies deferred
TANZANIA’S CIVIL AVIATION BODY AGAIN SHOWS BIAS AGAINST FASTJET TO KEEP COMPETITION AGAINST AIR TANZANIA OUT OF THE SKIES (Posted 07th July 2019) Tanzania’s CAA has at their latest licencing meeting given Fastjet (T) the cold shoulder again, deferring their application to return to the skies until at least November. ATCNews had it the past […]
#Fastjet cranks up search for new CEO – again
NICO BEZUIDENHOUT RETURNS TO MANGO AS FASTJET SEARCHES ONCE MORE FOR A CEO (Posted 03rd June 2019) Confirmation was received yesterday that Nico Bezuidenhout, until now CEO of Fastjet based in Johannesburg, will return to Mango as part of the new team which is being installed at South African Airways and its key subsidiaries like […]
#Fastjet named as best African low cost airline by #Skytrax
FASTJET BRAND AGAIN NAMED BEST LOW COST AIRLINE IN AFRICA (Posted 23rd June 2019) Fastjet takes the lead of Best Low-Cost Airline in Africa at the 2019 prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards. Fastjet has regularly featured amongst the top airline brands in Africa as a nominee for various industry awards. The most recent 2019 accolades […]
#LAM and #Fastjet enter code share deal in #Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE’S NATIONAL AIRLINE LAM SIGNS CODE SHARE DEAL WITH PRIVATE AIRLINE FASTJET (Posted 27th April 2019) Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique, in short called LAM and Fastjet (Mozambique) have now signed a full code share agreement. The agreement is intended to strengthen the Airlines respective route networks, to facilitate commercial sales and to improve passenger convenience […]
#Fastjet’s losses for 2018 rocket on Tanzania exit cost
FASTJET LOSSES QUADRUPLE TO OVER 41 MILLION US DOLLARS (Posted 26th April 2019) Usually well informed sources have, to a good part, blamed Tanzania’s regulatory hurdles put in the way of Fastjet – eventually prompting the airline to withdraw from the market and leaving future private investment in the sector in that country highly doubtful […]
#Fastjet offers assistance to Cyclone Idai victims in #Zimbabwe and #Mozambique
FASTJET IN MOZAMBIQUE, ZIMBABWE AND SOUTH AFRICA JOIN RELIEF EFFORTS FOR CYCLONE VICTIMS (Posted 24th March 2019) Fastjet has announced that in collaboration with their major shareholder Solenta Aviation, Rogers Aviation, Pearl Yield and Blue Sky Travel Agency they will be contributing to the relief efforts for the victims of Cyclone IDAI in Mozambique and […]
#Fastjet website parts company with #Tanzania
AWARD WINNING LOW FARE AIRLINE FASTJET NOW CONCENTRATES ON ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA (Posted 07th March 2019) Tanzania, a country where Fastjet – after serving the purpose for several years until it clearly no longer did – does not feature on the company’s website www.fastjet.com any longer. This may finally put to rest any […]
#Fastjet #Mozambique and #LAM seal code share deal
NEW COMPETITIVE THREATS SEE FORMER RIVALS JOIN FORCES (Posted 23rd February 2019) Fastjet Mozambique and national airline LAM have concluded a code share agreement, which will see the two airlines cooperate on several routes across the country. First to come into effect will be the Maputo to Beira route, where the codeshare arrangements […]
#Fastjet Tanzania – going going gone?
IS IT MISSION ACCOMPLISHED FOR THOSE HOSTILE AGAINST PRIVATE ENTERPRISE? (Posted 28th January 2019) Information was provided by a regular aviation source in Dar es Salaam that Fastjet Tanzania – after already seeing their operational licence suspended by the Tanzanian aviation regulators – now has apparently also lost their Air Service License. Due for renewal […]
Did #Zimbabwe protests prompt Fastjet to temporarily halt flights to and from?
ARE FUEL AND COST OF LIVING PROTESTS IN ZIMBABWE AFFECTING AIR TRANSPORT (Posted 14th January 2019) Information coming out of Harare suggests that Fastjet has today halted flights between Johannesburg and Harare. While the social media landscape descended into the usual brush fire have further investigations revealed that the airline, apparently concerned about the safety […]
Fastjet PLC provides updated situation statement
Fastjet PLC Group Head Office (Johannesburg) has today reassured its customers that flights on fastjet Zimbabwe and fastjet Mozambique are operating as normal, providing reliable services on the respective route networks. Following the suspension of flights by fastjet Airlines Ltd (Tanzania), all flights to and from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique remain unaffected. In Tanzania, […]
#AirTanzania wastes no time to add frequencies after #Fastjet exit
#TCAA ACTION AGAINST FASTJET PAVES WAY FOR MORE FLIGHTS BY AIR TANZANIA (Posted 18th December 2018) In what now looks like a well choreographed action – as reported here did the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority ground Fastjet Tanzania earlier in the week – has Air Tanzania promptly added more flights to Mbeya, Mwanza and […]
#Fastjet PLC reacts to developments in #Tanzania
FASTJET TANZANIA INDEPENDENT FROM FASTJET PLC SAYS THE LATTER (Posted 18th December 2018) Fastjet PLC Group Head Office (Johannesburg) confirm that the Directors of fastjet Airlines Ltd (Tanzania) have advised suspension of all flights within the Tanzanian network. The Directors of fastjet Tanzania are in discussions with the authorities regarding the continued operations of the […]
Long in coming has open hostility finally led to #Fastjet’s AOC being pulled
DID #TANZANIA CIVIL AVIATION HEED THEIR MASTER’S CALL TO PROTECT THEIR NATIONAL AIRLINE BY GETTING RID OF A COMPETITOR? (Posted 17th December 2018) Tanzania’s Civil Aviation Authority has delivered a much treasured Christmas present to their ailing national airline by getting rid of competitor Fastjet and clearing the way for ATCL to battle it out […]
#Fastjet succeeds in meeting financing deadlines and flies on
FASTJET MEETS DEADLINES AND SECURES REQUIRED FINANCE TO REMAIN IN THE AFRICAN SKIES (Posted 15th December 2018) As was reported here yesterday was the 14th of December the last day on which Fastjet PLC was to either secure the release of their new capital injections – after meeting a range of conditions – or else […]
#Fastjet faces another cash crunch
A WEEK AFTER CRUCIAL EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING IS IT DO OR DIE FOR FASTJET – AGAIN (Posted 14th December 2018) Many eyes will be on Fastjet today to find out if the company was able over the past week to resolve pending issues with lessor GECAS vis a vis a lease for two Embraer E190 […]
#Fastjet Tanzania ownership sees massive change
FASTJET TANZANIA SHAREHOLDING UNDERGOES MAJOR CHANGES (Posted 08th December 2018) From four percent shares to 68 percent shares in one fell swoop makes former Home Affairs Minister Lawrence Masha the majority shareholder of Fastjet (T) Limited after he managed to buy out other Tanzanian partners and also acquired some of the 49 percent stake previously […]
#Fastjet now majority owned by #Solenta
FASTJET (TANZANIA) BECOMES A FRANCHISE OPERATION AS SOLENTA OF SOUTH AFRICA ACQUIRED MAJORITY STAKE (Posted 26th November 2018) Solenta Aviation of South Africa, following the recent acquisition of additional shares, now holds a majority in Fastjet PLC of over 54 percent, while the voting stock rose even higher to over 60 percent. This puts Solenta […]
#FastjetPLC indicates purchase of 4 #Embraer #ERJ145 from #Solenta
FASTJET PLC’S EQUITY REFINANCING SUCCEEDS (Posted 17th November 2018) Fastjet PLC has confirmed that the intended equity refinancing has been successfully completed. In addition to the equity placing of nearly 900 million shares, the company also announced the following additional Equity Refinancing arrangements earlier today: a subscription by Solenta, who has agreed to subscribe for […]
Fastjet Tanzania on the way to become a franchise of Fastjet PLC
FASTJET PLC EXPECTS INCOME FROM USE OF NAME WHEN BUYOUT OF FASTJET (T) IS COMPLETED (Posted 10th November 2018) The ongoing attempt by a group of Tanzanian businesses to buy out Fastjet PLC’s share in Fastjet (T) is aiming to turn the Tanzanian arm of the self professed pan African low fare airline into a […]
#Fastjet’s future looks brighter as #Zimbabwe begins to clear airline payments
ZIMBABWE’S GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO PAY OUTSTANDING AIRLINE REMITTANCES (Posted 05th November 2018) Information was received from a regular source in Harare that the new government of President Mnangagwa will set aside at least 4 million US Dollars per month for airlines, to repatriate their ticket sales revenues to their respective home offices. Zimbabwe, under former […]
