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[WATCH] Fly Fofa Airlines conducts test flight to Polokwane International Airport

The Boeing 737-300 aircraft landed at the airport this afternoon as part of a demonstration for possible future flights to the City of Stars.

POLOKWANE – Fly Fofa Airlines, this afternoon, conducted a test flight from OR Tambo International to Polokwane International Airport in the hopes of future flights between Polokwane and other cities.

Fly Fofa is a 100% black owned company that was established to offer the best and reliable services in the Aviation field.

The Boeing 737-300 aircraft landed at the airport to a warm welcome before jetting back to Johannesburg. On board were Civil Aviation Authority employees who were there to see whether the airline and the airport were capable of handling flights between the two cities.

 

Executive Chairman of Fly Fofa, Thabo Fisha told Review their aim is to provide affordable flights from Polokwane to other destinations.

GAAL’s CEO, Masingita Baloyi says that they will know within three months whether or not a schedule for flights between Polokwane and Cape Town will be set up and flights to Johannesburg in the future.

Read more about the test flight and future plans in next week’s Bonus.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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