Fastjet to withdraw from Malawian market
Fastjet is due to withdraw from the Malawian market over a depreciating Kwacha and the government's unwillingness to grant it 8th freedom cabotage traffic rights, ch-aviation reported.
The government has refused the rights for flights between Lilongwe and Blantyre despite previously assuring it would.
“Fastjet had been working closely with the Malawian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development and the Malawi Civil Aviation Authority to secure the necessary clearances to allow us to extend our Lilongwe route to Blantyre, which is the commercial centre of Malawi. Unfortunately, these clearances have not been forthcoming, despite other international airlines being allowed to fly to Blantyre,”Fastjet chief commercial officer Richard Bodin told the Malawi Times newspaper.
Minister of Transport, Francis Kasaira, said that the decision was based on the poor quality of infrastructure at Blantyre's Chileka International Airport.
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