Fly Blue Crane heads to Moz

FLY Blue Crane plans to

launch flights to Maputo by

the end of the year.

The airline was granted

14 frequencies from

Johannesburg to Maputo

and 14 from Johannesburg

to Manzini, Swaziland,

earlier this year (see TNW

May 25).

In May, Fly Blue Crane

ceo, Siza Mzimela, told

TNW that the South African

International Air Services

Council had given its

approval for the two routes

and the airline was waiting

to receive its foreign

operator permits from both

Mozambique and Swaziland.

The airline has since

finalised all regulatory

paperwork and expects to

launch flights by the end

of the year, but an official

date cannot be announced

as yet because “there are

a few operational aspects

that need to be finalised in

Mozambique,” cco, Theunis

Potgieter, told TNW.

He declined to comment

on the status of the

Swaziland flights.

The airline also announced

plans to launch a Cape

Town-Windhoek service

earlier this year after a

launch flight on May 13.

However, it has yet to

introduce scheduled

services and open ticket

sales.