Fastjet Tanzania

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Fastjet Tanzania
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IATA ICAO Callsign
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Founded2011 as Fly540 Tanzania
Commenced operations29 November 2012 as Fastjet Tanzania
Ceased operations25 November 2019
AOC # 038
Operating bases Julius Nyerere International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations8
Parent company Fastjet Plc
HeadquartersGround floor, Samora Tower, Samora Avenue, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Website www.fastjet.come

Fastjet Airlines Limited (Tanzania), also known as Fastjet Tanzania, was a low-cost airline that operated flights under the fastjet brand in Tanzania. [1] The airline was founded in 2011 as Fly540 Tanzania, but through the acquisition of Fly540 in 2012, it was rebranded as Fastjet Tanzania. It was based in Dar es Salaam. The airline carried more than 350,000 passengers in its first year of operations and sold one million seats by December 2014. [1] It went into liquidation on 25 November 2019.

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History

Fastjet Tanzania was founded in 2011 as Fly540 Tanzania, a subsidiary of Kenya-based Fly540. Using a Bombardier CRJ100 and a Dash 8-100, [2] it flew to eight destinations in Tanzania and two in Kenya. [3]

In June 2012, Fly540 was acquired by Rubicon Diversified Investments, which intended to merge all of Fly540's operations into its new venture Fastjet. [4] Fly540 Tanzania suspended operations on 13 October 2012 before being rebranded as Fastjet Tanzania. [2]

Fastjet Tanzania started operations as Fastjet's first operating base in Africa, with flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport commencing on 29 November 2012. Initial flights operated successfully between Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro, and between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza. Further routes were to be added quickly, both domestically and to other East African destinations. [5] By August 2015 it had come to operate domestic routes linking Dar es Salaam with Mwanza, Kilimanjaro and Mbeya, and four international routes from Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg, Harare, Entebbe, Lilongwe and Lusaka. [1]

Ultimately unable to generate sufficient cash flow to cover its debts, the airline was declared insolvent and a liquidator appointed on 21 December 2019. [6]

Corporate affairs

Ownership

Fastjet Tanzania was originally 49% owned by Fastjet Plc. On 14 November 2014, it was announced that Fastjet Plc had entered into an agreement to sell an interest in fastjet Tanzania to Tanzanian investors. The issue of the shares brought the total Tanzanian legal and beneficial ownership of fastjet Tanzania to 51%. [7]

Fastjet Tanzania began trading on 29 November 2012, and financial results were incorporated in the Fastjet Plc group accounts. Some information had been made available for the Tanzanian operation (as at year ending 31 December):

A Fastjet Tanzania Airbus A319 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Fastjet, LZ-FBA, Airbus A319-112.jpg
A Fastjet Tanzania Airbus A319 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
20122013201420152016
Turnover (US$ m)3.626.153.864.659.7
Profits/losses after tax (US$ m)−11.9−21.9−22.5−24.5−45.0
Number of passengers (m)0.030.370.600.78n/a*
Passenger load factor (%)78.9*72.573.366.7n/a*
Number of aircraft (at year end)33353
Notes/sources*Dec only
[8] 		[ citation needed ] [9] [10] [11]
Note: *Passenger numbers and load factors are only published at Group level.

Head office

Fastjet Tanzania maintains a head office in Samora Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [12] [13]

Destinations

As of March 2018, Fastjet Tanzania served the following destinations: [14]

Base
Future
Terminated route
CityCountryIATAICAOAirport
Arusha and Moshi Tanzania JROHTKJ Kilimanjaro International Airport
Dar es Salaam Tanzania DARHTDA Julius Nyerere International Airport [Base]
Entebbe Uganda EBBHUEN Entebbe International Airport (ended 3 December 2016) [15]
Harare Zimbabwe HREFVHA Harare International Airport
Johannesburg South Africa JNBFAOR OR Tambo International Airport (ended 15 January 2017) [16]
Kigoma Tanzania TKQHTKA Kigoma Airport [17]
Lilongwe Malawi LLWFWKI Kamuzu International Airport (ended 8 February 2016) [18]
Lusaka Zambia LUNFLKK Kenneth Kaunda International Airport
Mbeya Tanzania -HTGW Songwe Airport
Moroni Comoros HAHFMCH Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport [19]
Mwanza Tanzania MWZHTMW Mwanza Airport
Nairobi Kenya NBOHKJK Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (ended 3 December 2016) [20]
Zanzibar City Tanzania ZNZHTZA Abeid Amani Karume International Airport [21]

Cargo

Fastjet signed an agreement with one of Africa's largest cargo operators, BidAir Cargo, to carry cargo on its fleet of Airbus A319s. [22]

Fleet

The Fastjet Tanzania fleet included the following aircraft as of June 2017: [10]

Fastjet Tanzania fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
ATR 72-600 —3 [23] 70
Embraer 190 2—100June 2019
Total23

See also

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