Airkenya Express

Infobox Airline
airline = Airkenya Express

logo_size = 200
fleet_size = 5
destinations = 11
IATA = P2
ICAO = XAK
callsign = SUNEXPRESS
parent = Air Kenya Express Limited
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founded = 1987
headquarters =
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hubs = Wilson Airport
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website = http://www.airkenya.com/

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.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 70 | date= 2007-03-27]

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.

Services

Airkenya Express Limited operates the following services (at September 2007) [ [http://www.airkenya.com Air Kenya website] ] :

Domestic scheduled destinations:
*Amboseli (Amboseli Airport)
*Lamu (Manda Airport)
*Lewa Downs (Lewa Airport)
*Malindi (Malindi Airport)
*Maasai Mara (Mara Serena Airport)
*Meru (Mulika Lodge Airport)
*Mombasa (Moi International Airport)
*Nairobi (Wilson Airport)
*Nanyuki (Nanyuki Airport)
* Samburu (Samburu Airport)

International scheduled destinations:
*Kilimanjaro (Kilimanjaro International Airport)

Fleet

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

*2 Bombardier Dash 7 Series 100
*3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

External links

* [http://www.airkenya.com/ Airkenya Express]

References