Ethiopian or Fastjet FIRST5 Oct 2017 13:27
nsnbc : Award-winning low-cost African airline Fastjet has announced that it will begin domestic flights in Mozambique soon. The airline, which currently operates in Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa will be the first low-cost pan-African carrier to enter the Mozambican market.
Fastjet_Mozambique_archivesFastjet made its announcement only a week after Ethiopian Airlines announced that it would enter the domestic Mozambican market. Fastjet is set to enter Mozambique in partnership with Solenta Aviation Mozambique, a division of its largest shareholder, Solenta Aviation, which is also its operational partner in the country.
Fastjet will make an announcement about routes and schedules soon, said the company. Commenting on the launch, Fastjet Chief Executive Nico Bezuidenhout said: �Mozambique is a very important market for Fastjet, and soon we will have the opportunity to offer flights between some of the main cities in the country on a daily basis, with affordable fares.� Fastjet�s aim had always been to make air travel more accessible to all, he said. �Fastjet is the airline for everyone.�
Fastjet�s Mozambican routes will use Embraer E145 50-seat jets, offering comfortable inter-city air travel. Naturally, budget carriers will have to save money somewhere and somehow.
The versatile Brazilian Embraer 145 - used by airlines as well as by militaries has an outstanding safety record - soon in FastJet colors in Mozambique.
The versatile Brazilian Embraer 145 � used by airlines as well as by militaries has an outstanding safety record � soon in FastJet colors in Mozambique.
What appears to be certain is that Fastjet doesn�t appear to cut corners when it comes to a safe jet. Of the 55 models analyzed by AirlineRatings.com as of 2013, the safest jets were deemed to be Boeing�s 777, 717, 787 and 767/757, the Airbus A380 and A340, the Embraer 135/145, and CRJ 700/1000 � none of which at that time had ever been involved in a fatal accident.
�We have flown more than 2.5 million people since our launch in 2012, and there is no better way to celebrate our fifth anniversary than to launch the Fastjet brand in Mozambique,� added Bezuidenhout. �As we grow in Mozambique, we plan to increase our fleet and introduce higher-capacity aircraft if demand moves in a positive direction.�
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