New African budget airline Fastjet will absorb Fly540
on June 21, 2012 in
Africa
New details have emerged about FastJet, a proposed low-cost airline that will serve Africa.
FastJet, which is backed by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou of EasyJet fame, will initially acquire the African airline Fly540 and restructure it as a low-cost carrier.
An statement from Rubicon, the British investment firm that has purchased Fly540, read: The combined talents of Rubicons management team and our partners from Lonrho and Sir Stelios easyGroup will transform Fly540, already a growing and successful business, into Fastjet, a low cost, point-to-point, no frills all jet airline for Africa.
FastJet will serve Kenya,
Tanzania, Ghana, and Angola with a one-way flight between two countries expected to be around $70-80. These countries have a combined population over 100 million, and Fastjet aims to carry more than 12 million passengers per year by providing affordable fares to middle-class families.
While FastJet is still in early stages of development,
they hope to be flying by the end of 2012.
The official statement continued: Plans for the launch of Fastjet are underway but not yet finalised and the introduction of an appropriate fleet of modern jet aircraft may require the raising of additional funding.
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