Showing posts with label FastJet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FastJet. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

■ TANZANIA: fastjet posts $24.9million loss for 1H 2013; turns to Zambia, Malawi for next route roll out.

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fastjet (FN) has announced a USD24.9million EBIT loss for the first half of its 2013 Financial Year ended 30 June 2013. In its statement, t...
Friday, September 27, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: DoT redtape forces Fastjet to suspend launch of Dar es Salaam - Johannesburg flights.

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fastjet (FN) has announced that its first international flight between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg, previously scheduled to take place o...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

► TANZANIA: fastjet, bidAir Cargo sign freight-haulage deal.

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In a departure from the orthodox LCC business model, fastjet (FN) has signed an agreement with freight specialists, BidAir, in which it wil...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

► TANZANIA: fastjet to start 3x weekly Dar es Salaam - Mbeya flights from November.

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As previously reported , fastjet (FN) has announced the launch of flights from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya (Songwe airport) with effect from Nov...
Friday, August 23, 2013

► TANZANIA: fastjet to embark on a staff-cutting exercise in bid to ease financial pressure.

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Struggling LCC fastjet (FN), is set to become the second major Tanzanian carrier to embark on a redundancy drive following reports that it ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

► TANZANIA: fastjet A319 grounded following birdstrike.

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fastjet (FN) says one of its three Airbus A319s was temporarily grounded in Tanzania following a birdstrike on August 8. The incident resul...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: fastjet starts Johannesburg from September 27 as yet another board member resigns.

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fastjet (FN) has announced that its first international flights, from Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg, South Africa, will début from Septembe...
Friday, July 26, 2013

■ UNITED KINGDOM: Stelios' easyGroup increases its shareholding in fastjet to 5.81%.

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Tanzanian LCC, fastjet (FN), has announced that easyGroup,  the investment vehicle of Mr Stelios Haji-Ioannou has increased its stake in th...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

► UGANDA: fastjet outlines further African licencing plans with Uganda, Zambia now mentioned.

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Further to a previous report in which fastjet (FN) allured to being in talks with four unnamed African carriers over possible partnerships ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: fastjet keen on Mozambique, Zimbabwe markets as more SA carriers eye Dar es Salaam.

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With the launch of Johannesburg - Dar es Salaam flights said to be approaching "soon", fastjet says once operations are in place...
Friday, July 5, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: DoT grants fastjet Foreign Operators Permit paving way for Dar - Joburg; no mention of Kigali or Lusaka (yet).

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Following on from its previous announcement , fastjet (FN) says it has been issued a Foreign Operator Permit from the South African Departm...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

■ TANZANIA: fastjet in talks with four other African carriers regarding possible tie-ups: Winter.

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On the back of recent investments in South Africa and Nigeria , fastjet (FN) is reportedly in negotiations with as many as four airlines o...
Friday, June 14, 2013

► TANZANIA: fastjet suspends South Africa launch as traffic rights to Lusaka, Kigali and Johannesburg are granted.

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Struggling Tanzanian LCC, fastjet (FN), has been granted rights to service routes from Tanzania to South Africa, Zambia and Rwanda it has e...

► NIGERIA: fastjet to enter Nigerian market via tie-up with Red 1 Express.

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fastjet plc (fastjet) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria's Red 1 Airways Ltd (Red 1), to create a low-cost air...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

■ UNITED KINGDOM: fastjet boss David Lenigas resigns.

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David Lenigas has resigned as chairman of struggling Tanzanian LCC, fastjet (FN) with immediate effect and has been replaced by Chief Execu...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

■ UNITED KINGDOM: fastjet scraps $23.5mln deal with New York's Bergen Global.

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fastjet (FN) has scrapped its convertible arrangement with New York-based asset management firm Bergen Global Opportunity Fund, because of ...
Monday, June 10, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Comair Ltd forecasts 20% rise in earnings for this year as fastjet may face more launch obstacles.

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South African aviation group, Comair Ltd, the parent company of both kulula.com (MN) and its British Airways-franchise, BA Comair, says it ...
Monday, June 3, 2013

■ TANZANIA: fastjet looks to reduce holding in Fly540 Tanzania as its Ghana, Angola, Kenya outfits "all underperform".

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fastjet (FN), in its results for the 18 month period to 31 December 2012 has said that its Fly540 businesses in Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana and ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: Skywise due in the skies from August 1 as DoT pours more cold water on fastjet's plans.

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Johannesburg-based carrier, Skywise, the brainchild of several ex-1Time (T6) board executives, is aiming for an August 1 launch, exactly 1 ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: fastjet's launch delayed until July - Bodin.

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As previously speculated by The African Aviation Tribune , fastjet (FN), has indeed announced a postponement in its planned South African v...