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FastJet - LCC airline features. Assignment 3 – Airline management. Maxim Roelen Ozyegin University. Corporate Information. Founded in 2011, started operations in 2012 Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 3 Airbus 319 aircraft 8 Destinations To become pan-African LCC
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FastJet - LCC airline features Assignment 3 – Airline management Maxim Roelen Ozyegin University
Corporate Information • Founded in 2011, started operations in 2012 • Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania • 3 Airbus 319 aircraft • 8 Destinations • To become pan-African LCC • CEO and Chairman Ed Winters • Based on European LCC concept • easyJet-founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou owns 10% share Wesley Moolman Source: Fastjet
Future Expansion • 10 Additional A319 aircraft by end 2015 • New bases in 2015 • 7 aircraft based in Tanzania (+4), 3 in Zambia (new), 2 in Zimbabwe (new) and 1 in Kenya (new) • Bases in South Africa and Uganda in 2016 • Up to 34 aircraft in 2018 • 9 in South Africa, 7 each in Tanzania and Kenya, 4 each in Uganda and Zimbabwe and 3 in Zambia • Possible Emirates codeshare agreement Source: Ed Winters in Bloomberg, 2014
LCC features • Low basic-fares • Point-to-point traffic, no transfer-hub operations • Standardised fleet of A319’s • Encouraging online ticket-sales • Rapid turnaround times for African standards • Fees & Charges for additional services (catering, seat selection, baggage, etc.) Source: Fastjet
Atypical features • Free airport check-in • 40 minute turnaround, longer than European LCC standards • Use of ‘secondary airports’ not applicable to Africa Source: Fastjet