FastJet Told to Pay Up

 According to eturbonews.com, Tanzanian authorities, led by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, have issued FastJet’s local management with an ‘either/or’ option, to pay their debts, including debt incurred by Fly540 Tanzania, or deal with the consequences. TCAA are vigorously pursuing payment within the stipulated timeframe, failing which TCAA may pull the plug on the airline’s operations, or ground one or all of their aircraft, to ensure that no further debts accrue and that the carrier pay outstanding dues from current and past operations. FastJet launched operations between Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro, with onward flights to Mwanza, in December last year, but it is currently locked in a battle with Fly540 over the payment of the debt cited.