African carrier fastjet is looking at launching flights between Cape Town, South Africa, and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Fastjet’s Chief Operating Officer Richard Bodin said in an interview that the route was still in the early phases and flights would be launched in the fourth quarter of this year at the earliest, although a later date was foreseeable.
Mr Bodin said the airline’s routes from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe continue to see growth, especially its flights to Victoria Falls.
The airline flies a double-daily service to Harare and to Victoria Falls three times a week.
It also services Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar in Tanzania.
However, Mr Bodin pointed out that, despite strong passenger demand, a strong dollar has negatively affected the airline’s revenue.
Mr Bodin said as a result, it had trimmed down frequencies on marginal routes and there would be little in the way of new routes until next year.
He added that there were other destinations the airline was contemplating for new routes, but declined to give details on these.
Fastjet is a British-based holding company for a group of low-cost carriers that are, or are expected to be, operating in Africa. The initial operation is now run as Fastjet Tanzania, and Fastjet Zimbabwe commenced flights in October 2015. Although Fastjet Zambia was at an advanced planning stage, in April 2016 it was announced that progress was being deferred until at least the final quarter of 2016 probably due to political instability. Regardless if the tourism sector is smart, they can capitalize on this in many ways. Bringing tourists from across the continent from corporate tours, day tours to weekend packages. Destination weddings can now be possible. If they hire someone capable of running this sector, they can revive the tourism industry in Zambia. With this initiative travel has…
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Please check your ticket prices , you tend to be expensive than conventional carriers .. check your formula otherwise you will be travelling with lots of empty seats