The increasingly competitive Kenyan Airspace is about to be squeezed further by a brand new budget airline offering international routes, initially to Johannesburg and London. OneJetOne, which is due to start active marketing and promotion next week, plans to begin an ambitious roll-out of new flights from late September this year, starting with routes on Airbus A320s and A330s from Nairobi to South Africa and the UK.
Seat prices, say OneJetOne CEO Arjun Ruzaik, will be cheaper than any current airlines servicing these routes.Mr Ruzaik, who was previously the CEO of charter airline Holiday Air and budget, scheduled airline Air South Asia, says costs will be kept down through using online booking only, passengers paying for food, and maximum efficiency in the deployment of staff.
The airline is currently recruiting for more than 40 vacancies with the new airline. On 1st February it opened a website, onejetone.com, and within the first two weeks has received nearly 5,000 sign-ups for job details, said Mr Ruzaik.
The airline’s opening coincides with both job cuts and reduced flights by some of the airlines currently operating out of Nairobi, giving OneJetOne a ready shot at top airline talent.
However, the budget airline will face its own challenges in ensuring profitability. Kenyan-owned, the airline is being financed by external investors, says Mr Ruzaik. The source and scale of funding have not yet been announced, but it is thought to originate from South-East Asia.
The aim, says the CEO, is that the company will move swiftly to offering flights connecting East Africa with other African destinations, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It’s motto, as it sets out on the first big road of marketing, is “fun to fly”.
But for the established airlines, OneJetOne’s arrival, and ambitions, may prove rather less than fun.

OneJetOne is Kenya’s first domestic, regional and international low cost/budget airline set to launch at the end of September/early October 2009. The fleet will consist of Airbus A320 and A330, flying to and from our Nairobi hub, to all major cities in Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia. OneJetOne’s priority is to ensure the personal safety of each customer and employee. Our mission is to provide the utmost quality of customer service provided with a sense of warmth, company spirit, friendliness and individual pride.
http://www.onejetone.com/images/safetys.jpgOur motto is ‘Fun to fly !’ therefore as OneJetOne takes off into the skies you can expect a fun experience, as our goal is to bring back the fun in flying. We aim to provide a fun service at a low cost, which enables you to fly more often.
A fundamental element of providing the highest quality of customer service and a stable work environment is low fares. In order to keep our fares low we must keep our costs low. As a result, we are committed to finding ways to lower our costs and increase our efficiency and quality.
"The Easiest, Safest and Surest way to fly"
http://www.onejetone.com/images/cheaper.jpg Our objective is to keep costs low by eliminating the unnecessary costs and added extras which represent 'traditional/legacy’ airlines. This is done in a number of ways such as the use of internet and paperless operations to reduce distribution costs, maximising utilisation of aircrafts without compromising on safety, maintenance, security, customer service etc. Everybody always jokes about airline food, so why provide it if people don't want it? Eliminating free catering on-board reduces cost and unnecessary bureaucracy and management. It also portrays a significant difference between OneJetOne and other airlines and is a potent indication of our low-cost approach. However for those hungry birds, the option to purchase food on-board at an affordable price will be available.
With OneJetOne – Fun to fly ! We will deliver our objectives at an affordable price without compromising on safety, security, maintenance and excellent friendly customer service.
link http://www.onejetone.com/onejetone_aboutus.php

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Fly 540 has competition now.:)

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Fly 540 has competition now.:)

yap, the difference is that 540 is more of domestic while one jet one is focused international:nuts: i think it will give Kenya airways a run of its money:cheers:

What will be the return price for London/Johannesburg flights from JKIA ?

What will be the return price for London/Johannesburg flights from JKIA ?

their website does not have a price.

id still rather fly Kenya Airways :)