fastjet plc announced the introduction of its new direct route schedule from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe to Johannesburg in South Africa, starting next month. fastjet Zimbabwe will begin flying the new route on 5 December 2019 with 22 scheduled flights per week, including double-daily frequencies to Friday and with a single flight operation on Sunday. Flights will be available for sale from 15 November 2019. The new route will complement fastjet Zimbabwe's four times daily return service from its hub in Harare, Zimbabwe, to Johannesburg and will be operated by the airline's Embraer ERJ145. Once passengers have arrived in Bulawayo or Johannesburg, they will also have the option to connect to multiple global destinations on the services of ticketing airline partners Qatar Airways and Emirates, or an airline of their choice. The new route schedule will increase the airline's daily flights across the network to 114 flights per week. This announcement is released by fastjet plc and contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.