1Time

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1Time
IATA 1T	ICAO RNX	Callsign NEXTTIME
Founded		25 February 2004
Hubs		OR Tambo International Airport
Fleet size		9
Destinations		6
Parent company		Afrisource Holdings
Headquarters		Johannesburg, South Africa
Key people		Gavin Harrison, Glenn Orsmond, Rodney James and Sven Petersen
Website: www.1time.co.za

1Time is a low-cost airline operating domestic services in South Africa. It has numerous daily flights to South African cities. The name of the company, "one time!", is a South African expression meaning "for real!".

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Fleet 4 References

[edit] History

The founders owned an aviation holding company, Afrisource Holdings, through which they owned Aeronexus, an aviation company that offered various aircraft services (and currently performs maintenance for 1Time). After 9/11, with the resultant depression in the aviation business making planes available cheaply, they saw the opportunity to start a low-cost airline.^{[citation needed]}

1Time commenced ticket sales in January 2004, and started flying on February 25, 2004, with three daily return flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town International Airports. It was founded by four entrepreneurs, Gavin Harrison, Glenn Orsmond, Rodney James and Sven Petersen. Glenn Orsmond is the Chief Executive Officer.^{[citation needed]}

The Avstar Group has acquired a 15% shareholding in 1Time Holdings and under the deal the airline will lease two additional 157-seat McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft from the Group. 1Time carried over a million passengers in 2006 on services to eight destinations^[1].

[edit] Services

ITime Airline operates the following services to scheduled domestic destinations (at March 2006)^{[citation needed]}: Cape Town, Durban, East London, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.

[edit] Fleet

The 1Time fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 08 September 2006)^{[citation needed]}:

Active Fleet :

• 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (ZS-TRD, ZS-TRE)
• 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (ZS-OPZ, ZS-OPX) [Both leased from SAFAIR]
• 1 Douglas DC-9-15 (ZS-ANX)
• 4 Douglas DC-9-30 (ZS-NRA, ZS-NRB, ZS-NRC, ZS-NNN)

On Order:

• 4 McDonnell Douglas MD-82

[edit] References

1. ^ Airliner World, February 2007