FastJet being sued by two suppliers over unpaid bills The claims in a Nairobi court come at a sensitive time for FastJet which is in the process of taking delivery of its first jet aircraft, an Airbus A319 to be based out of Dar es Salaam. The new jet is part of FastJet's plan to launch the first successful low cost, pan-African airline. The company has been working with Sir Stelios for nearly a year. The tie up sees the easyJet founder paid €50,000 a month for 15 days work. The Greek-born businessman has also been gifted 5pc of FastJet and has an option over a further 10pc stake. Despite the significant payments and his expected promotion to the board of FastJet, a spokesman for the company confirmed Sir Stelios has yet to visit any of the airline's African bases in Angola, Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The African airline's headquarters and registered office is Gatwick Airport. It is understood the Greek-born businessman could make his first trip for the inauguration of the company's first jet aircraft later this autumn. Despite raising millions of pounds to invest in its fledgling airline and acquiring Fly540 from its sister company Lonrho earlier this year the legal disputes have not be reported to shareholders. In its most recent set of accounts, interim results for the first six months of the year, the company reported an effective loss of before tax of $14.3m on revenue of $31.4m. The numbers were adjusted to reflect the position had FastJet owned Fly540 for the full period. A spokesperson for FastJet said: "With a company like ours operating in markets such as these, from time to time issues like this will arise. However, some reports by local press are misleading as legal proceedings with Finejet are currently on hold, pending appeal. FastJet will always notify its shareholders of any material issues in a timely manner. A spokesperson for Sir Stelios said: "We are perfectly happy that all operational questions are being well handled by the licensee, Ed Winter and his management team to whom all enquiries should be addressed. It should of course be added that Fastjet operations have yet to formally commence - the case in question arises from operations run by the legacy company. Legal problems facing FastJet are not the first issues to face the fledgling airline and its legacy business Fly540. Earlier this year The Daily Telegraph revealed that Fly540 was offering flights on its website that were non-operational. The flights were advertised with flight numbers, arrival and departure times, when in fact they weren't flying.