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https://wolfganghthome.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/fastjet-temporarily-suspends-dar-es-salaam-johannesburg-flights/ ---- Note the change in tone from Dr Wolfgang
My thoughts too Buxton, they would reinstate with the E190 , and there is room for four weekly overnight flights
Hillwi I partly agree with you,the last time we flew this route seemed to be a huge loss maker I do think if they reintroduce the route they will use an E190 which will be better
Not sure about the re-introduction of the DAR-JNB route. For a return journey it requires the utilisation of an aircraft for approx. 8 hours plus the fuel costs and crew costs for a journey of that distance, all to be paid for by a maximum of 50 passengers in each direction. I would rather see the shorter 1-2 hour sectors, which from what I can see regarding the HRE-JNB and HRE-VFA routes, are bringing in high load factors and excellent yield for the distances involved. Including BUQ in the Zimbabwean and South African sectors would be my priority at present, followed by Zambian destinations both domestically and internationally to Zimbabwe and SA.
Indeed Rufiji, big change in the usual reply of ( you can find our routes on fastjet.com) I'm hopeful we will see this return soon as long as ATCL don't beat us to it, particularly hopeful if SAA cut down their frequency as part of their cost cuts
Rufiji, adding BUQ to the mix is long overdue and would be a good addition (as HRE-BUQ and BUQ-JNB as you suggest) along with re-instatement of the DAR-JNB rotations. IMHO these routes, with the revised ERJ145 and E190 aircraft types would be good, sensible, and prudent, signs of growth and would say that these would be better options than adding Turboprops to the fleet to pick up smaller airfields elsewhere. After that it would be good to evaluate Zambia again (having spent all that time and money previously) as LUN-NDL, LUN-JNB and NDL-JNB may all be good routes, especially with the revised aircraft type.
Yes,interesting. My take is that they will focus on where they have existing infrastructure so JNB and HRE to Bulawayo and JNB-DAR. They could possibly do two rotations per day on the latter with the morning flight leaving around 05:00. No problem as the majority of PAX welcome an early start to beat the horrendous DAR traffic.
https://twitter.com/fastjet/status/894495317688823809 ---- Well this is very interesting after commenting earlier that there was no mention of it in J Howells interview
As I said a couple of weeks ago, when will African Countries follow the West's Lead and not try to maintain Bottomless Pit Money Traps know as State Financed Airlines. Instead of being an expense, they like Western Countries could have independent Airlines paying Taxes resulting in better service, better connectivity, better prices and income instead of expenditure. The effect of these changes will not only make life cheaper and easier for Local Residents, but allow inter-Country business to flourish for the Benefit of the whole of Africa. They must not let the Perceived Pride in having a National Airline Cloud their judgement of what is in the best interests of the Countries Overall.
Plenty of comment in the South African media about a just released audit showing SAA to be effectively bankrupt unless it gets additional significant.goverment financial support, which unfortunately is likely to happen. Over 30% of external contracts categorised as irregular or dubious = accounting speak for looting by insiders and connected businessmen and politicos. Staff demonstrating about lack of pay. Now if only SAA were to be grounded even for a short time think what a boost to FJET. On the other hand if they are still flying their predatory pricing activities, supported by SA government, would give FJET a headache if any of the new routes competed with SAA on high value routes such as LUN-JNB
Would be interesting to know which 3 countries are being evaluated (Zambia?). Whilst the growth strategy / approach (start with a 50 seater and then move to a 100 once volumes allow) make sense the mention of Turboprops (Q400 or a Beechcraft / Caravan?) was interesting to see, though a sensible approach to non jet capable airfields, of which there are many even just within Tanzania / Zimbabwe, though the Q400 and ERJ145 have very similar minimum takeoff lengths at ca 1,400m.
So three more African countries and Tanzania domestic additions, no mention of DAR JNB, which i was hoping would come back with the introduction of E190
Buxton we don't get free lease of Aircraft from Solenta, we pay our way.
Hillwi I doubt if it's planned anytime soon as it's this very model and aircraft type that has enabled Fjet to rapidly increase our ZIMBABWE operations, namely a staggering 78 flights a week.Having said that who knows in the future they may well upgrade to larger equipment, but for now with two Erj in our logo I think they are here to stay
Is the use oft he ER5 type related to the investment of Solenta, that is we get free lease of the aircraft over a period of time? I also think having a high frequency service is great , Are we code sharing with Emirates in Zimbabwie?
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Just been viewing the Zimbabwe flight schedules and there seems to be very high demand for two of our current routes (HRE-JNB-HRE & HRE-VFA-HRE), not so much at the moment for the JNB-VFA-JNB route. From the middle of next week, the HRE-JNB-HRE route looks very busy, with only 12 sets remaining over the four flights from HRE-JNB on Friday. The HRE-VFA-HRE flights are also looking very full every day. It looks as if there is potential to add a 5th rotation daily to the HRE-JNB-HRE route and operate two rotations daily on the HRE-VFA-HRE route. An alternative, of course, is to introduce a 100 seater Embraer to the Zimbabwe operation. Does anyone know if that is planned, and if so how soon?
We have been pipped at the post with this latest route addition JRO VFA X 4 weekly https://twitter.com/iammrhaas/status/893569295225151489
For those interested.... Looking at the recent Places edition again (which I like the look and feel of), the pagination is at fault, probably as a result of late changes. So the index page numbers are correct, but haven't been carried through to the pages themselves, so that pages 3, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 21 and 33 are 'missing'; and the page numbers, usually positioned on the outside corners, have retained their original position. Other oddities are that the right hand half of page 29 (which is actually page 22) appears to be missing, and the final article is an odd back page to have, as normally this would carry an (expensive) advert. As you say, must Try Harder.
Carbonix, Well Spotted, It would seem that in Africa numbers are not sequential, the first page is number 1 and the last page is 48 per the index. Either there has been a pagination error or changes were made during the make up of the articles and the index and page numbers not altered. Big Mistake for issue 2 for a new publisher. Need to do Better.
... but possibly nothing new to us because 'fastjet News' is on page 44 - and as you point out, we only have the first 40 pages here!
RE: Growth Airline of AfricaToday 11:29Don't think the meeting is / was with Nico (who is the CEO) but rather someone else as he says the meeting was with the CCO (or Chief Commercial Officer - the role Richard Bodin previously held). -- Don't know why you are thinking that, the interview is soon and we will know about it on Monday
you can see it here, 40 Pages but no news we did not know. http://mikatekomedia.co.za/wp-content/pageflip/index.html?catalog=Places-Aug-Sep-2017