Malawi govt hits back at FastJet airliner: ‘They have failed’

Minister of Transport Francis Kasaira has hit back at FastJet, telling the airliner not to attribute it business failures to government. Kasaira was responding to FastJet’s assertion that it was leaving the skies of Malawi because of the fast nose diving of the kwacha and government failure to grant the airliner a licence to land […]

Fastjet’s first flight to Lilongwe takes off: Africa’s low-cost airline

Fastjet first flight between Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Lilongwe in Malawi took off Monday , marking the launch of the low-cost airline’s sixth international route in Africa. Flight FN209 departed Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport at 09h40 with Tanzanian government officials, local passengers and media on board. Upon arrival at Malawi’s Lilongwe International Airport […]