Fastjet is a planned airline by Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou , born 14 February 1967) is a British entrepreneur of Greek Cypriot origin, currently a resident of Monaco. He is the scion of a wealthy, shipowning family, but is best known for setting up easyJet, a highly successful and profitable low-cost airline, with start-up funds...

, known for founding the low-cost short haul

Short haul

The following is a list of commercial short-haul civilian passenger "jet airliners," recent, operating, or proposed. These include early generation turbojet, fanjet, and turbofan powered aircraft designed for none transoceanic intercontinental routes operations or flights.For short haul pertaining...

 airline easyJet

EasyJet

EasyJet Airline Company Limited is a British airline headquartered at London Luton Airport. It carries more passengers than any other United Kingdom-based airline, operating domestic and international scheduled services on 500 routes between 118 European, North African, and West Asian airports...

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Background

While originally thought to be competing with easyJet

EasyJet

EasyJet Airline Company Limited is a British airline headquartered at London Luton Airport. It carries more passengers than any other United Kingdom-based airline, operating domestic and international scheduled services on 500 routes between 118 European, North African, and West Asian airports...

, it was revealed by The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...

 that Fastjet is planned to be a transatlantic

Transatlantic flight

Transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean. A transatlantic flight may proceed east-to-west, originating in Europe or Africa and terminating in North America or South America, or it may go in the reverse direction, west-to-east...

 long-haul airline.
Fast Jet is a trading name of Fast jet Ltd 07788096

The original Fast jet is a trading name of a individual which is registered at companies house under Fast Jet LDT 07788096 Fast Jet and easy Jet are in a legal dispute over who started trading first.