Airkenya Express

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Airkenya Express
IATA
P2
ICAO
XAK
Callsign
SUNEXPRESS
Founded 1987
Hubs Wilson Airport
Fleet size 5
Destinations 11
Parent company Air Kenya Express Limited
Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
Website: http://www.airkenya.com/
Airkenya Dash 7
Airkenya Dash 7

Airkenya Express is an airline based in Nairobi, Kenya. It operates domestic scheduled and charter services, as well as scheduled flights to Tanzania. Its main base is Wilson Airport, Nairobi.[1]

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[edit] History

Air Kenya 1990 Logo
Air Kenya 1990 Logo

Airkenya Express was formed and started operations in 1987 from the merger of Air Kenya and Sunbird Aviation. The two companies had over 20 years of general aviation experience in East Africa. Airkenya Aviation became Airkenya Express in January 2007. The airline is wholly owned by a Kenyan controlled consortium and has 165 employees.[1]

[edit] Services

Airkenya Express Limited operates the following services (at September 2007) [2]:

Domestic scheduled destinations:

International scheduled destinations:

[edit] Fleet

The Airkenya fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):[1]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 70. 
  2. ^ Air Kenya website