From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[TABLE="class: infobox vcard, width: 22"]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2, align: center"]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2, align: center"] [TABLE="width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TH]
IATA
FN[/TH]
[TH]
ICAO
FTZ[/TH]
[TH]
Callsign
GREYBIRD[/TH]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: label"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="align: left"][/TH]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="align: left"][/TH]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Fastjet is a low-cost pan-
African airline established by
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, known for founding the
low-cost short haul airline
easyJet. It aims to provide the same service of its European counterpart to the African continent and first flights under the brand commence in November 2012.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] The firm is owned by Rubicon which acquired a 49% stake in the firm's holding company,
Fly540. The airline will have a maximum of four flights a day with the biggest flight having a capacity of 156 passengers.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] Fastjet starts flight operations on November 29, 2012.
The airline chose
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, as its first operating base in Africa, with flights from
Julius Nyerere International Airport commencing on 29 November 2012. Currently (December 2012) flights operate between
Dar es Salaam and
Kilimanjaro, and between
Dar es Salaam and
Mwanza. Further routes will be added in the coming weeks, both domestically and to other East African destinations.[SUP]
[8][/SUP] FastJet will move its operation office from Tanzania to
Kenya, once it has approval to operate in Kenya.[SUP]
[9][/SUP] Once established in East Africa, FastJet has plans to launch in
Ghana and
Angola.
[