FlySafair ready for take off
August 2014 - First Car Rental is excited to announce an official flight partnership with South Africa's newest airline, FlySafair.
FlySafair will be taking to the skies for the first time in October 2014, with air fares starting from as low as R399 one way.
First Car Rental's official airline partner, FlySafair, is ready for take off.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through FlySafair's website - www.flysafair.co.za - where customers will be able to book the most affordable flights and car rental in the country.
Says Melissa Nortje, Executive Head: Strategy, Development & Marketing at First Car Rental, "This is a very exciting and powerful partnership for First Car Rental. We take our strategic alliances very seriously and adopt an approach that selects the best partners to grow with.
'Mutually-beneficial relationship'
"We firmly believe in mutually-beneficial relationships, focussing on each partners' strengths, leveraging each opportunity that presents itself, and this will be the case with FlySafair who shares similar beliefs."
Says Lorna Terblanche, VP of Passenger Services of FlySafair, "We are pleased to be partnering with First Car Rental as our passengers will undoutedly benefit from this collaboration.
FlySafair, First Car Rental's official flight partner.
"By having First as our travel partner of choice, FlySafair was able to negotiate better car rental rates, which will automatically be passed on to our passengers."
At first, FlySafair will be flying routes between Cape Town and Johannesburg; Port Elizabeth and Cape Town; and George and Cape Town, with plans to expand across the country in the near future. The first FlySafair flight, between Cape Town and Johannesburg, is set to take off on 16 October 2014.
FlySafair fares start from as low as R499 one way between Cape Town and Johannesburg and R399 one way between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and Cape Town and George. These prices include all taxes.
Says Melissa Nortje, "FlySafair will change the face of the South African 'air-scape', and I have no doubt that they will become the peoples' airline."
To book FlySafair flights, go to the airline's website here.