fastjet Tanzania reports growing tendency

fastjet Tanzania maintains a healthy load factor

fastjet has reported a load factor of 73% for its Tanzanian market in July 2014. The carrier has transported over 52.000 passengers over the aforementioned period.

In comparison to the same time interval last year, the load factor has increased by an astonishing 69%.

July 2014 is a landmark in terms of records as results implied an 8% boost over the one reported in June by fastjet officials.

Revenue-wise this boost in demand for the carrier has meant a 22% increase for the month to month interval.

Taking into account that fastjet had to supplement with extra-flights, the percentage of on time arrivals has been held at 94%, an excellent rate.

“I am delighted to see our capacity continue to rise as we maximise the utilisation of resources, particularly aircraft.

“This month’s eight per cent increase follows the 12 per cent increase in capacity announced last month and the 11 per cent increase announced in May.

“This is in line with our plans to almost double utilisation between quarter one and quarter three.

“August will see a further uplift in capacity with the introduction of flights to Harare in Zimbabwe, which have already moved from two to three flights per week following strong demand, and further additional frequencies on domestic routes.

“I am particularly pleased that we have achieved such a high load factor and made significant unit revenue gains despite the fact that all but four days in the month fell within Ramadan, when both business and leisure activities decrease considerably.” - Ed Winter, chief executive, fastjet