BULAWAYO – Budget airline Fastjet Zimbabwe will begin direct flights between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls next month, a move expected to enhance connectivity in the Matabeleland region and boost domestic tourism.
The new route will operate four times a week — on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays — starting on August 8, using the airline’s 50-seater Embraer regional jets.
Fastjet spokesperson Nunurai Ndawana said the new service strengthens the airline’s growing footprint in Zimbabwe’s second-largest city while supporting the country’s tourism and business sectors.
“The new Bulawayo to Victoria Falls flight strengthens our presence in Bulawayo and underscores our commitment to the development of the tourism region,” Ndawana said in a statement.
“Our four-times-a-week flights will offer more travel opportunities and support both leisure and corporate travel between the two cities.”
The flights will depart Bulawayo at 1.25PM and land in Victoria Falls at 2.20PM. The return leg leaves Victoria Falls at 2.50PM, arriving in Bulawayo at 3.45PM.
Chief Commercial Officer Vivian Ruwuya said the launch follows “widespread consultative engagements” with stakeholders in the travel and tourism sectors.
“This has been a long time coming,” she said. “We have been monitoring the development and traffic trends between the manufacturing city of Bulawayo and our tourism hub of Victoria Falls.”
The flights launch coincides with major roadworks on the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road which is in a bad state of repair.
The Bulawayo–Victoria Falls route becomes the latest addition to Fastjet’s domestic network, which already links Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls, along with international routes to South Africa and Zambia.
The airline, which began operations in Zimbabwe in 2015, recently achieved the International Air Transport Association’s Operational Safety Audit certification, a global benchmark for operational excellence and safety.
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