During the month, the frequent closure of airports and roads due to prolonged periods of extremely adverse weather conditions led to a decrease in punctuality, with 79% of flights arriving on time.
fastjet plc is pleased to announce its passenger statistics for the month of April 2014. fastjet operations in Tanzania carried a total of 35,763 passengers and achieved a load factor of 66%.
During the month, the frequent closure of airports and roads due to prolonged periods of extremely adverse weather conditions led to a decrease in punctuality, with 79% of flights arriving on time.
fastjet is also pleased to announce that its recent sale, which took place on 30th April 2014, was highly successful with almost 23,000 bookings made across all our routes, including for the upcoming summer period.
During the sale, traffic to fastjet’s website increased very significantly, with web hits up by 977% compared to the same day in March 2014. Unique users (visitors to the site using a guest ID) increased by 163% in Tanzania and 210% in South Africa as new customers took advantage of fastjet’s attractive low fares. The company also set up ‘pop-up shops’ in several locations in Tanzania, providing temporary distribution facilities to purchase tickets. These shops were well-received and this is an initiative that fastjet will consider repeating.
Ed Winter, interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of fastjet plc, said: “I am very satisfied with these results for the month of April. Apart from the Easter weekend, demand is generally low at this time of year – with the continued rainy season often bringing travel to a halt – so this has been a strong performance. Passenger numbers carried by the legacy Fly540 operations continue to decline, as expected, as we restructure those businesses.”
Commenting on the success of the sale, Chief Commercial Officer, Richard Bodin, said: “From a sales and distribution perspective, our sale saw the most successful day in fastjet’s history, with record-breaking ticket sales, conversion rates and mobile payment transactions. The success of the sale has put us in a strong position as we head into the high season.”
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