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Managers:
- Mr. John S. Buckley, Managing Director
- Mr. Don Smith, Financial Controller
- Mr. Dino Bisleti, Chief Pilot
- Mr. Alan Collis, Chief Engineer
- Mr. Anu Vohora, Sales & Marketing Manager
- Mrs. Anna Nzomo, Operations Manager
Contact:
Postal Address: P.O. Box 30357, Nairobi, Kenya.
Visiting Address: Wilson Airport, Nairobi.
Information & Reservations
Tel: +254 (2) 501501 / 501601
/ 605745
Fax: +254 (2) 602951
E-mail: resvns@airkenya.com
Administration /Operations / Engineering
Tel: +254 (2) 501421 / 605730
Fax: +254 (2) 500845
E-mail: info@airkenya.com
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 Offices in Kenya |
 Mombasa |
Moi International Airport Ambalal House
P.O. Box 87400 Nkrumah Rd
Tel: +254 (11) 433982
Tel: +254 (11) 229777
Fax: +254 (11) 435235
Fax: +254 (11) 224063
| Lamu Malindi |
P.O. Box 376 P.O. Box 548
Tel: +254 (121) 33445
Tel: +254 (123) 30808
Fax: +254 (121) 33063
Fax: +254 (123) 21229
| HISTORY |
Airkenya Aviation, a privately owned ltd. liability company, was formed in 1985 through the merger of Air Kenya and Sunbird Aviation, two companies with over 20 years of general aviation experience in East Africa. Airkenya now provides a network of scheduled services throughout Kenya and operates charters within the East Africa region.
| DESTINATIONS |
Destinations served by the scheduled services from Nairobi are Mombasa, Malindi, Lamu and Kiwayu on the Coast of Kenya. They also linked by a "coastline connector" scheduled service originating in Mombasa. Airkenya also covers the game parks of Amboseli, Nanyuki, Lewa Down, Samburu and the Masai Mara.
| OPERATIONS |
In 1998 Airkenya carried over 155,000 passengers on its scheduled services, i.e., the company flew over 100 million passenger/kilometers. These activity figures are comparable with airlines in America listed in the 50 largest regional airlines for that area.
The scheduled services are operated under the carrier code QP and are listed in computerized reservations systems such as Galileo.
| OFFICES |
The main administration, flight operations and engineering
base is at Wilson Airport, approximately 4 Km from
Nairobi city center. |
| STAFF |
The company presently employees 230 staff. 32 of them are pilots of various nationalities. Total pilot experience exceeds 160,000 hours.
| AIRCRAFTS |
| Aircraft type |
No. |
Passenger Capacity |
Crew |
| DeHavilland Dash 7 |
2 |
50 |
2 |
| Fokker F27-200 |
1 |
40 |
2 |
| Shorts 360-300 |
2 |
33 |
2 |
| Beechcraft Kingair |
1 |
12 |
1 |
| DeHavilland Twin Otter 300 |
5 |
18 |
2 |
| DeHavilland Twin Otter 200 |
1 |
16 |
2 |
| Cessna Grand Caravan |
2 |
13 |
1 |
| MAINTENANCE |
The company is approved by they international Shell organization for carrying their staff. This kind of approval is only given after a strict technical and operational audit. In addition it has previously been cleared for carrying VIP passengers such as the British Royal Family, H.H. Aga Khan, ex-president Jimmy Carter and senior Cabinet Minister of several countries.
| INSURANCE |
Insurance for the aircraft, passengers and third parties is placed in the London underwriting market through the company's brokers, Sedwick Aviation Ltd, London.
The Dash 7, Shorts 360 and Fokker F27 aircraft carry a combined passenger/third party liability cover of US$ 100 million and the other aircrafts a limit of US$ 50 million.
| INCENTIVE TRAVEL |
Airkenya has considerable experience of moving large incentive travel groups. Past experiences have required the transfer of over 900 passengers in one day.
TANZANIA Regional Air Services is Airkenya's sister company. It is based in Arusha (Tanzania) providing scheduled services in the North of Tanzania as well as charter flights throughout the rest of the country. |
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© World INvestment NEws, 1999.
This is the electronic edition of the special country report on Kenya published in Forbes Global Magazine.
November 29th 1999 Issue.
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