Angelah Nothando Mlotshwa
Local Private Airline Fast Jet has added the resort towns of Hwange and Kariba to it’s route network.
“Working closely with our industry stakeholders and partners, including Airports Company of Zimbabwe and the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe, we continue to explore ways to further develop the domestic Zimbabwean flight network.” Said Fast-jet Zimbabwe’s Chief Commercial Officer Vivian Ruwaya.
“We are delighted to announce that our new flights to Hwange and Kariba from our tourism hub of Victoria Falls and our Harare base, will be supported with onward connections on Mack Air in conjunction with South West Aviation into the Hwange National Park, the lodges of the Kariba eastern basin and the camps and operations in Mana Pools and the lower Zambezi. Mack Air with South West Aviation will be developing a new hub at Kariba, along with their existing hubs
in Victoria Falls and Harare to support these seamless connections to and from fastjet’s services”, added Ruwaya.
The move by Fast jet is expected to boost the economy and tourism.
“The introduction of flights to Kariba and Hwange now allows visitors in Victoria Falls to explore the wonders of Zimbabwe further by visiting both Hwange National Park and enjoy sometime on the lake in Kariba with it’s varied activities of game viewing, boating and fishing”, added Ruwaya.
Fastjet is a multi award winning African airline began flight operations in 2012.
It has gone far in connecting the three major cities in Zimbabwe by flying between Harare and
Victoria Falls, Victoria Falls and Harare and Bulawayo, offering international flights from Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls to Johannesburg in South Africa, and from Victoria Falls to Mbombela (Kruger) Nelspruit Mpumalanga in South Africa and Maun in Botswana.
“We continue to demonstrate our
commitment to the growth of tourism and the sustainability of air services in the markets we serve. The addition of these leisure destinations will greatly support our vision”. Said fastjet Zimbabwe spokesperson Nunurai Ndawana.
Fastjet being a budget airline has impacted positively on travelers who all along endured the country’s bad roads.
The airline uses an Embraer E120.
“The Embraer E120 is a robust turboprop aircraft designed for domestic operations, offering customers a pressurised cabin with spacious legroom and overhead baggage space. We intend to align our timings to schedule our flights in such a way that we offer customers the flexibility and convenience of multiple frequencies per day” added Ndawana.