Fly Blue Crane (Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) commenced operations on Tuesday, September 1 using an E145 - ZS-BBI (cn 145223) - on lease from South African ACMI/charter specialist, Solenta Aviation (SET, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo).

As previously reported, the start-up plans to offer multiple daily flights from its Johannesburg O.R. Tambo hub to Bloemfontein, Kimberley, and Mbombela.