1time
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| IATA code : | 1T |
| ICAO code : | RNX |
| Call sign : | NEXT TIME |
| Founding: | 2003 |
| Operation stopped: | 2012 |
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Johannesburg , South Africa
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| Home airport : | Johannesburg |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| Management: | Komani Blacky ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 420 (March 2007) |
| Fleet size: | 11 |
| Aims: | national |
| 1time ceased operations in 2012. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
1time was a South African low-cost airline based in Johannesburg and a subsidiary of Afrisource Holdings . The company name “one time!” Is a South African expression for “seriously”.
history
1time was founded at the end of 2003. After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the parent company saw the opportunity to buy cheap aircraft and to found the first low-cost airline in South Africa. Ticket sales began in January 2004 and flight operations began on February 25, 2004 with three daily flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town .
In February 2006 the subsidiary 1Time Zambia was founded. It was supposed to offer cheap flights from Lusaka , but the plans were never realized.
In 2006 over a million passengers were transported on eight routes.
1time employed 420 people in March 2007, transported around 100,000 passengers each month and had been listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange since August 14, 2007 .
On November 2, 2012, 1time ceased flight operations and the company is to be liquidated .
aims
From OR Tambo International Airport five national goals have been served, including Cape Town , Durban and Port Elizabeth . In addition, there were three international connections to Livingstone in Zambia , Maputo in Mozambique and outside the monsoon season (April to June) to the island of Zanzibar, which belongs to Tanzania . 1time was the only airline that directly connected Zanzibar Airport with Johannesburg.
fleet
As of October 2012, the 1time fleet consisted of ten aircraft:
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 1-time files for liquidation. Eyewitness-News, November 2, 2012, accessed November 5, 2012 .
- ↑ 1time airline. (No longer available online.) Ch-aviation GmbH, November 4, 2012, archived from the original on December 12, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
