fastjet’s first flight between Dar es Salaam and Entebbe takes off

fastjet’s inaugural flight between Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Entebbe in Uganda took off today, 16 September 2014, marking the launch of the low-cost airline’s fourth international route in Africa. Flights between Dar es Salaam and Entebbe take off on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 16 September and 25 September 2014, with frequency doubling to Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 29 September 2014. Tickets for flights on the direct route went on sale in early September 2014, with fares starting as low as US$50 one-way, excluding airport and government taxes. The flight distance over Africa’s Lake Victoria – the