Africa's First Budget Airline to be Launched

In a plan involving three companies, Lonrho's east and central African carrier, Fly540, is set to be transformed into a low-cost airline to be named Fastjet.
  • Africa:  Low-Cost Air Travel Comes to Africa

    allAfrica, 14 June 2012

    African travellers, plagued by the high fares charged by airlines targeting the business market, are a step closer to being able to fly across the continent on a no-frills budget… Read more »

An artist's impression of a Fastjet Airbus.

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