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Dar es Salaam - fastjet will be launching its fourth international route, with flights between Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Entebbe, Uganda taking off from mid-September.
The Tanzanian-based airline has its sights set on becoming the first pan-African budget airline, so far offering international flights to Johannesburg, Lusaka in Zambia and Harare in Zimbabwe.
Tickets for the new Entebbe route go
on sale on Monday and flights are planned to commence on Tuesday, 16 September 2014.
The route will initially operate
on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the first weeks of September, increasing to four
flights a week from the 29 September.
Since Air Uganda ceased flying, the fares offered by other
carriers for flights in and out of the country have risen steadily.
fastjet will be offering tickets from US$50 (R532.64 at R10.65/dollar) excluding taxes.
Commenting on the launch, Ed Winter, CEO and interim chairman of fastjet said:
"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.
"fastjet is delighted with this opportunity to enter the
Ugandan market and the support it has received from the Ugandan government and
authorities. We look forward to commencing flights and hope this is the
beginning of a wider fastjet network from Entebbe."
The airline was named the cheapest low-cost carrier (LCC) in
Africa and the fifth cheapest LCC worldwide in a recent survey by flight
comparison site, WhichAirline.com.
