Airkenya Express is an

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based in

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. It operates domestic scheduled and charter services, as well as scheduled flights to

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. Its main base is

Wilson Airport Wilson Airport is an airport in Nairobi, Kenya. It has flights to many regional airports in Kenya while Nairobi's main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, serves domestic and many international destinations. Location Wilson Airport ...

, Nairobi.

History

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. It carried 100,000 passengers in 2014, as against 120,000 in 2013. AirKenya has two wholly owned subsidiaries: Regional Air Services in

launched in 1997 and AeroLink in

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launched in 2012.

Services

Airkenya Express Limited operates to the following airports (as of July 2021): Domestic scheduled destinations: *

Amboseli Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Kajiado South Constituency in Kajiado County, Kenya. The park is in size at the core of an ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The local ...

( Amboseli Airport) *

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(

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) *

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(Keekorok, Kichwa, Musiara, Ngerende, Olekiombo,

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, Shikar and Siana airstrips.) * Meru (

Mulika Lodge Airport Mulika Lodge Airport is an airport in Meru National Park, in Meru County, Kenya. Location By air, Mulika Lodge Airport lies approximately northeast of Nairobi International Airport, Kenya's largest civilian airport. Overview Mulika Lodge Airp ...

) * Nairobi-Wilson *

Nanyuki Nanyuki is a Market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. The name is derived from Enyaanyukie Maasai word for resemblance. It is situated just ...

( Nanyuki Airport) * Samburu (

Samburu Airport Samburu Airport is an airport in Samburu County, Kenya. Location Samburu Airport is located in Samburu National Reserve, Samburu County, Rift Valley Province, near the geographical center of the Republic of Kenya. Its location is approximately ...

) International scheduled destinations: *

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(

Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) is an international airport located in Hai District, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. The airport serves the cities of Arusha and Moshi. The airport handled 802,731 passengers in 2014 and mainly serves r ...

)

Accidents and incidents

*In February 1992, Douglas DC-3C 5Y-BBN was written off at an airstrip in the

. The aircraft was scrapped ''

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'' in 1993.

Fleet

The Airkenya fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):

References

External links

* {{Airlines of Kenya Airlines of Kenya Airlines established in 1987 Companies based in Nairobi Kenyan companies established in 1987