Whats the latest with Fly540 Angola,are they still flying?
Checked website,only shows 1 route
Also heard they have started flying in Ghana,

I was in Cabinda last week, and they were fliyng in and out, don't know where they were going or coming from.

I think they just fly Luanda-Cabinda-Luanda with their one aircraft. No clue about their schedule or anything.

they literally just "FLY" Luanda-Soyo-Cabinda-Luanda ;)

Rummoured in London that the founder of Easy Jet Stellious is going to start up an airline in Africa using the same business model and may involve an acquisition of 540
Fly540 have been in Angola since 2008,they havent actually made much progress,the city/shareholders of Lonrho believe they are operating many aircraft in Angola with 80% plus passenger loads,but they appear to fly only one aircraft on one route.

Well, Fly540 do operate in Kenya and Tanzania to at least 18 destinations with 80% load factor. Why the obsession with Angola where they only recently got their papers in order to commence commercial operations. As has already been pointed out, waiting for a second ATR to commence other routes. What may your interest in this matter be, sir. I smell a journalist out to stir something?

I am surprised that you are complaining about their obsession with Angola.The country is far more lucrative with quick petrol dollars to be made and sky rocketing passenger demand for air travel.Surely Angola has more to offer them than Kenya.

Well seems there is more money to be made in Ghana then ... stelios is only purchasing the ghanaian branch of fly540 to start Fastjet which will be based in Accra.

but they appear to fly only one aircraft on one route.



Second ATR 72 already arrived and company currently flies to 3 destinations.

has it now ? ... must be very carefully disguised as something else.

yep ..its in LAD, D2FLB....think that u have to look more careful :hmm:

The Kenyan branch has been doing far much better than its west African counterparts, currently operating two Bombardier CRJ's couple of ATR's and Dash 8's with multiple local and regional East African Destinations.;)
And apparently its now official Fast Jet (an Easy Jet subsidiary) is taking over 540 ops in Kenya, operating out of HKJK with two Airbus A319 on wetlease to begin with.

From the Grapevine operations to commence by beginning of May

And apparently its now official Fast Jet (an Easy Jet subsidiary) is taking over 540 ops in Kenya, operating out of HKJK with two Airbus A319 on wetlease to begin with.


You must have missed my earlier comment. Fastjet is based solely in Ghana's capital, Accra to serve west africa... the airbus a319's will begin flying out of KIA later this year. 2012.

Stelios to Invest $500 Million in Low-Cost West Africa Airline - Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/stelios-to-invest-500-million-in-low-cost-west-africa-airline.html)

You must have missed my earlier comment. Fastjet is based solely in Ghana's capital, Accra to serve west africa... the airbus a319's will begin flying out of KIA later this year. 2012.



Any chance that this investment could include Angola?:confused:

Got a message from a Colleague who has seen two ATR´s Fly540 in Orange and White painting at a Maintenance Hangar at MGL. One was pulled out of the Hangar for a engine runup. D2-FLC was one registration mark.

Anything further in the grapevine for delivery?

can somebody be kind enough to post any contact info for them.

are they looking for ATR crew?

Third ATR 72-200 (D2 FLC) arrived in Luanda last Wednesday.

Second one (D2 FLB) which arrived in February will start operations next week.

Does Anyone have infos on their contracts(e.g salary,leave,roster etc)?much appreciated :ok:

To counter the quite negative sentiments previously posted here.

I see this company's aircraft every day in Angola, they seem to be having really good load factors.

Already they seem top have developed a reputation for reliable ontime service, which is unusual for Angola.

They also have quick turn around times, I saw them turn the ATR in less than 15mins yesterday in Soyo. ( a miracle compared to my own operators turn around times).

I think they are also operating to Bengela now ?

I think this company could become big in Angola, provided the polititians dont try get their hands on the thing and wreck it.

:cool:

As of December 2012, Fly540 has the following destinations:[/URL]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/22px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola"]Angola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly540#cite_note-23)

Luanda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda) - Quatro de Fevereiro Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatro_de_Fevereiro_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/22px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png Burkina Faso (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso)

Ouagadougou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouagadougou) - Ouagadougou Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouagadougou_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/22px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png Burundi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi)

Bujumbura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujumbura) - Bujumbura International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujumbura_International_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png Ghana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana)

Accra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra) - Kotoka International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotoka_International_Airport)
Kumasi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumasi) - Kumasi Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumasi_Airport)
Sunyani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunyani) - Sunyani Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunyani_Airport)
Tamale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale) - Tamale Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale_Airport)
Takoradi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoradi) - Takoradi Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoradi_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png Kenya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya)

Eldoret (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldoret) - Eldoret International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldoret_International_Airport)
Kakamega (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakamega) - Kakamega Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakamega_Airport)
Kisumu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu) - Kisumu Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu_Airport)
Kitale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitale) - Kitale Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitale_Airport)
Lamu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamu) - Manda Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manda_Airport)
Lodwar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodwar) - Lodwar Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodwar_Airport)
Malindi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malindi) - Malindi Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malindi_Airport)
Masai Mara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masai_Mara) - Mara Serena Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Serena_Airport)
Mombasa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mombasa) - Moi International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi_International_Airport)
Nairobi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi) - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta_International_Airport)/Wilson Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Airport_%28Kenya%29)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png Liberia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia)

Monrovia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monrovia) - Roberts International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_International_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png Nigeria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria)

Lagos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos) - Murtala Muhammed International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png South Sudan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan)

Juba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juba,_Sudan) - Juba Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juba_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png Tanzania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania)

Arusha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arusha) - Arusha Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arusha_Airport)
Mwanza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwanza) - Mwanza Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwanza_Airport)
Grumeti - Grumeti Airport
Kilimanjaro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilimanjaro) - Kilimanjaro International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilimanjaro_International_Airport)
Lake Manyara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manyara) -Lake Manyara Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manyara_Airport)
Serengeti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serengeti) - Kilimanjaro International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilimanjaro_International_Airport)
Zanzibar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar) - Zanzibar International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_International_Airport)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png Uganda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda)

Entebbe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entebbe) - Entebbe International Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entebbe_International_Airport)

Routes in Angola are: Luanda (FNLU), Cabinda (FNCA), Soyo (FNSO), Mbanza Congo (FNBC) and Benguela (FNBG).