Low cost airline Fastjet, made its inaugural commercial passenger flight in Africa from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza in Tanzania. The maiden flight marks the official start of Fastjet's commercial operations in Africa.

"Today's flights to Kilimanjaro and Mwanza mark the start of a new, revolutionary, smart way to travel for African people, and our first steps towards becoming a low cost, reliable pan-African airline," said Chief Commercial Officer Richard Bodin.

Fastjet expects its third A319 aircraft to arrive in Dar es Salaam next week.

The low-cost airline model seeks to attract large numbers of additional passengers by offering significantly lower fares to attract people who did not previously travel by air and others to travel more often.

Fastjet is the holding company for African airline Fly540, which operates from four bases in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Angola.