9 Jan 2013 07:05

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fastjet plc
("fastjet" or the "Company")
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9th January 2013
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FastJet Passenger Statistics for December 2012
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Commenting on the December statistics Ed Winter, CEO said "To have achieved a 78.9% Load Factor and carry almost 30,000 passengers is a fantastic result for the first month of fastjet operations and clearly demonstrates the latent demand for low cost reliable air travel in Africa. Press concerns over infrastructure have proved unfounded with no scheduled fastjet flights cancelled and 99.6 % arriving within 15 minutes of schedule. "
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All Operations Note 1
Month ending December 2012 December 2011 Change
Passengers Note 2 98,443 60,423 62.9%
Load Factor Note 3 71.8% 62.0% 9.8%
Rolling 12 months ending December 2012 December 2011 Change
Passengers Note 2 697,267 451,406 54.4%
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fastjet Operations Note 4
Month ending December 2012 December 2011 Change
Passengers Note 2 29,547 0 N/A
Load Factor Note 3 78.9 % 0 N/A
Rolling 12 months ending December 2012 December 2011 Change
Passengers Note 2 31,315 0 N/A
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Notes:
1. "All Operations" includes statistics for fastjet Tanzania, Fly540 Kenya, Fly 540 Ghana and Fly540 Angola.
2. "Passengers" for 540 operationsare flown passengers and for fastjet operations are sold seats flown, in both cases excluding infants. Fastjet bookings are generally non refundable whereas 540 bookings are in some circumstances refundable.
3. "Load Factor" is the number of 'passengers" as a percentage of the number of available seats flown.
4. "fastjet Operations" includes only statistics for Fastjet Tanzania operations which commenced on 29th November 2012
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About fastjet plc
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fastjet plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. For more information see www.fastjet.com
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