Fascinating to read Jaco Maritz's piece in
How We Made It In Africa on
$20 for an air ticket? How African low-cost carrier fastjet does it...
"Africa’s new low-cost airline fastjet, backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, officially started operations in Tanzania in November last year. The airline is owned by London-listed fastjet Plc, which was born when UK-based pan-African investment group Lonrho spun off its aviation business. [...] Fastjet’s aim is to bring true low-cost air travel to the African continent. According to the company, its rates start at as low as 20 US dollars plus taxes for those who book far enough in advance. [...] The airline currently only operates flights in Tanzania, although new routes to Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar have been announced on the company’s website. Fastjet could soon also enter the South African market."
Also, last year, Femi Adewunmi wrote
Africa the last frontier for aviation industry, says easyJet founder...
"This is another small but significant step in bringing the dream of low-cost air travel to millions of people in Africa -- the aviation industry’s last frontier,” commented the easyJet founder. “Past experience shows by halving fares, a successful low-cost carrier can encourage those people, who have never previously travelled by air, to fly. For Africa, with its densely populated cities separated by great distances -- this means a potential new market of millions.”
Yes, indeed! Plus, see FastJet's new
African Grey branding.
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