By
Eric Akasa
Fastjet, is pleased to announce the
new www.fastjet.com website 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
account. Fastjet will be introducing credit card and further innovative payment
options including M-PESA and Airtel Money over the coming months.
“We have had a great response to our first
tickets going on sale with over 100 seats sold within the first two hours for
flights departing from 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 East Africans than ever before.” Says, Ed
Winter Fastjet,s Chief Executive Officer.
According
to Mr. David Lenigas, Fastjet Chairman, 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.”
Remarks Mr. Lenigas.
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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