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Before Fastjet launched low-cost flights between Harare and Dar es Salaam last year, Zimbabwean businessman Jonathan Jabangwe had to brave a three day bus journey to meet his clients in Tanzania. Fastjet is among a wave of low-cost airlines launching or expanding operations in Africa as they seek to capture middle-income people who are tired of dangerous road journeys but cannot afford major international carriers. According to Reuters, the new airlines hope to undercut larger…
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