Fastjet passenger number continue to climb

African low cost airline fastjet (LON:FJET) has seen another healthy rise in passengers carried.

Its operation in Tanzania carried 57,750 passengers in September at a load factor, or seats filled per plane, of 74%.

The airline said this represented a 79% increase on the same time a year ago and compared well with the 65,500 travellers carried in August, a peak month for travel.

Punctuality remained excellent with 88% of flights arriving on time, said Ed Winter, interim chairman and chief executive.

“I am delighted to see such strong total passenger numbers and high load factor for September compared to August, a peak travel month.

“Our capacity will continue to grow during October with increased frequency on the Entebbe and Kilimanjaro routes and we expect to see an increase in average utilisation per aircraft to 10.2 hours, closer to our target of 11.7 hours."