Sunbird Aviation was an
airline
An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...
in
Kenya
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which merged with
Air Kenya in 1987 to form
Airkenya
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.
History
Airkenya Express was formed and started o ...
Aviation. The airline was owned by the
Cole Family.
Accidents and incidents
*One of Sunbird's aircraft, a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registration number N 821CA was intended to transport the exile government of
James Mancham as well as Kenyan military support from Mombasa following the failed
1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt
The 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt, sometimes referred to as the Seychelles affair or Operation Angela, was a failed South African–orchestrated coup to overthrow the government of Prime Minister France-Albert René in Seychelles and resto ...
.
*On 15 August 1987,
Douglas DC-3
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner
manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.
It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...
5Y-DAK crashed on approach to
Kilaguni Airport. All 28 people on board survived.
References
External links
*http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=5237
Defunct airlines of Kenya
Airlines disestablished in 1987
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