Fastjet
Fastjet has formally announced the launch of their 4th international
destination out of Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and will commence flights to
Entebbe, Uganda from Tuesday (September 16) starting with initially two
flights a week on Tuesday and Thursday.
Two weeks after the inaugural Fastjet flight to Entebbe, departures
will be doubled on September 29, bringing the number of services between
Dar es Salaam and Entebbe to four, operating on traffic Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
“We believe the launch of this route, the only direct air link between
Uganda and Tanzania, will stimulate new business and tourism traffic in
Uganda,” said Ed Winter, CEO and Interim Chairman of Fastjet airline.
The airline’s other international routes presently are Johannesburg,
Harare, and Lusaka while the domestic airports served from their Dar es
Salaam hub are Mwanza, leading with 25 flights per week, Kilimanjaro and
Mbeya. Fastjet will use one of their Airbus’ A319s in an all-economy
configuration for the service.
Winter continued: “Fastjet is delighted with this opportunity to enter
the Ugandan market and the support it has received from the Ugandan
government and authorities. We very much look forward to commencing
flights and hope this is the beginning of a wider Fastjet network from
Entebbe.”
Caption: KwaZulu-Natal.
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