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Struggling Fastjet set to raise at least $40 million from investors

A Fastjet Tanzania Airbus A319 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. [Photo: Courtesy]

(Reuters) - Low-cost African airline Fastjet, which said in September it needed more cash within a month to continue operating, announced a fundraising and equity refinancing aimed at increasing its equity base by at least $40 million.

Fastjet, whose shares lost more than half their value after September’s announcement, said the steps would significantly reduce its debt and provide the company with working capital until the end of 2019.

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