FASTJET (THE 2013 OFFICIAL THREAD)
 

This thread is for all things related to Fastjet which intends to be a Pan African airline carrying over 12 million passengers a year throughout Africa.
Being based in Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Angola and possibly South Africa, through it's acquisition of fly540 and recently 1time airways, there is sure to be a shake up in African aviation!

Africa's Low Cost Airline - Fastjet

Are there any former tanzania fly540 pilots on here that have joined fastjet since the takeover, or were new recruits brought in to operate the A319's?

Seems to have bought 1Time ... for 1ZAR!

fastjet signs option agreement to buy South African low-cost airline 1time - Financial News - Investor News - Corporate - Fastjet - Fastjet

Caution
 

Signing an 'option agreement' is NOT 'buying'.

There are many conditions that need to be satisfied, not least any deal must satisfy the current creditors of 1time.

This article give more detail.

Fastjet eyes Africa, offers R1 for 1time | Transport & Tourism | BDlive

Note the paragraph:
This little matter of R462m is missing from the Fastjet website.

Posted with tongue in cheek as there's no reference on Fastjet's website over the small matter of the legal ownership issue in SA!

Thanks for the better article!

From what i've seen and heard on the radio from "gray bird" they currently have 3 319s in dar, purchased fly540 and 1time for the international routes and are being brought to court by precision over the nairobi routes.

they are currently being flown by 2 captains from what im assuming is easyJet and are currently training locals to take over from there.

Don't know if Fastjet understand what competing with SAA and Mango will do to their balance sheet. Total lack of transparency in the SA domestic market.

Actually, I doubt they'd be based in J'borg... They would just be based up here and have daily flights TO J'borg which as of right now only SAA offers... Precision pulled out of that market earlier this year.