East African Safari Air

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East African Safari Air
IATA
B5		 ICAO
HSA		 Callsign
DUMA
Founded 1989
Hubs Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Fleet size 4
Destinations 5
Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
Website: http://www.bookeastafrican.com/

East African Safari Air is an airline based in Kenya. Its international operations were suspended in September 2004, but the airline has still scheduled domestic services.

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[edit] History

The airline was established in 1989. It began international operations on 2 July 2003 to Paris and Rome. East African Safari Air Express was integrated with East African Safari Air in July 2003. After financial difficulties the airline suspended operations in September 2004.

[edit] Destinations

The airline has following destinations as of 2007 [1]:

[edit] Incidents and accidents

  • On 7 December 2003, East African Safari Air Flight 812 from Nairobi overran the runway after landing at Lokichokio. The Fokker F28 went through a fence and came to rest in a ditch. Five of the 44 occupants were injured. (ref: East African Standard)
  • On July 28, 2004, a Boeing 767 operated by East African Safari Air experienced a fire in the left engine shortly after takeoff from Rome. The flight crew extinguished the fire after the second fire bottle was discharged. The airplane returned to Rome and landed uneventfully.

[edit] Fleet

The East African Safari Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2008):

[edit] References

  1. ^ East African Safari Air website

[edit] External links

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