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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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
My thoughts too Buxton, they would reinstate with the E190 , and there is room for four weekly overnight flights
https://wolfganghthome.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/fastjet-temporarily-suspends-dar-es-salaam-johannesburg-flights/ ---- Note the change in tone from Dr Wolfgang
Fjetcrazy Wolfgang seemed quite close to the previous management regime often giving positive updates! He doesn't seem to have the same relationship with Nico and co .Not easy for fastjet politically in Tanzania with the national airline expanding will have to tread carefully
Agree Zambia would.be attractive. ProFlight curreny.charge extortionate fares on all domestic routes, but with a new national airline in the offing I am not sure the Zambian Government will be welcoming.
I thought Solenta already had an AOC for Zambia which may make it easier to start flights
buxton1, please see the attached link to the Solenta website, whilst they do have numerous AOCs (and a number in the works) none of them cover Zambia, in fact only a couple are probably of any real interest to FJET at this time.... http://www.solenta.com/footprint/ - South Africa - Kenya - Mozambique
Thanks Fatherelmer that's a pity I think Zambia would work in the same way we seem to be enjoying success with Zimbabwie