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This is a list of defunct airlines of Kenya.[1]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
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Aero Air Service | 2009 | 2009 | Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 172, Cessna 206, Cessna 208, DHC-6 Twin Otters[2] | ||||
Aero Kenya | 1997 | 2010 | Operated Beech 1900[3] | ||||
African Air Cars | 1946 | 1949 | Founded by Ralph Blair Whitehead. Operated Avro Anson, Percival Proctor[4] | ||||
African Airlines International | SY | AIK | AFRICAN AIRLINES | 1987 | 2003 | Operated Antonov An-32, Boeing 707-321C[5] | |
African Cargo Airways | EAI | 1990 | 1996 | Operated Lockheed L-100 Hercules[6] | |||
African Cargo Services Ltd | ACB | AFRICARGO | 1975 | 1978 | Operated Bristol Britannia[7] | ||
African Commuter Services | 1996 | 2003 | Operated Gulfstream I, HS 748[8] | ||||
African Safari Airways | A2 | QSC | ZEBRA | 1967 | 2008 | ||
Afrika Aviation | FRK | AFRIFAST | 2000 | 2005 | [9] | ||
Air Al-Faraj | 1997 | 1998 | Operated Beech 1900[10] | ||||
Air East Africa | 1993 | 1996 | Operated Boeing 727[11] | ||||
Air Flamingo | 1964 | 1965 | Operated Cessna 150, Cessna 180, Cessna 206[12] | ||||
Air Kenya | QP | 1970 | 1987 | Merged with Sunbird to form Airkenya Aviation. Operated Douglas C-47, DHC-6 Twin Otters, Cessna Caravan[13] | |||
Airkenya Aviation | QP | SAL | 1987 | 2007 | Renamed to Airkenya Express. Operated Douglas C-47, DHC-6 Twin Otters[14] | ||
Airstream Kenya | 2011 | 2015 | Operated HS 748[15] | ||||
Amphibians | 1978 | 1978 | Operated Britten-Norman Trislander[16] | ||||
Autair Helicopters | 1964 | 1970 | Subsidiary of Autair[17] | ||||
Avonair | 1964 | 1968 | Operated Cessna 206[18] | ||||
Branton Air Service | 1993 | 1997 | Operated Douglas DC-3[19] | ||||
Britex Air Services | 2017 | 2017 | Operated Embraer Brasilia[20] | ||||
British East Africa Airways | 1964 | 1965 | Operated Lockheed L-049 Constellation[21] | ||||
Campling Bros. & Vanderwal | 1946 | 1964 | Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 182, Cessna 210, Macchi MB.320, de Havilland Moth Minor[22] | ||||
Caspair | QP | SAL | SUNBIRD | 1946 | 1979 | Renamed to Sunbird Aviation. Operated Douglas C-47, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, DHC-6 Twin Otters, BN-2 Islander[23] | |
CMC Aviation | 1961 | 2011 | Rebranded as DAC East Africa | ||||
CHS Aviation | 1990 | 1998 | Rebranded East African Safari Air[24] | ||||
Clairways | 1947 | 1953 | Operated Avro Anson[25] | ||||
Coast Air | CQA | COASTAIR | ? | ? | [26] | ||
Cooper Skybird Aircharters | SKY | 1980s | 1980s | Operated Britten-Norman Trislander[27] | |||
DAS Air Cargo | DAZ | DASAIR | 1983 | 2007 | Operated Boeing 707, Douglas DC-10[28] | ||
Delta Connection | Z9 | DCP | NILECAT | 2004 | 2010 | Rebranded D-Connection | |
Eagle Aviation | Y4 | EQA | MAGNUM | 1986 | 2003 | Merged into East African Express. Operated ATR 42, Boeing 737, DHC-6 Twin Otters, Fokker F28, Let Turbolet[29] | |
East African | S9 | HAS | 1989 | 2004 | Eagle Aviation (Kenya) (1986-2003) merged into East African | ||
East African Air Charters | 2004 | 2008 | [30] | ||||
East African Airways | EC | EC | EASTAF | 1945 | 1977 | ||
East African Safari Air Express | B5 | EXZ | DUMA | 2002 | 2012 | Rebranded as Fly SAX | |
East Coast Airlines | ECK | EAST COAST | 1980s | 1980s | Operated Boeing 757[31] | ||
Equator Airlines | 3P | PKA | EQUATOR | 1990 | 1999 | Renamed to African Express Airways[32] | |
Falcon Air Charters | 1990 | 1999 | To ALS – Aircraft Leasing Services. Operated Beech 1900[33] | ||||
Fast Airways | TFS | FAST TRANSPORT | 1997 | 2000 | [34] | ||
Flamingo Airlines | F7 | KFL | NAKURU | 2000 | 2009 | Launched by Kenya Airways and branded Kenya Flamingo Airlines. Absorbed by Kenya Airways. Operated Saab 340[35] | |
Fly County Airlines | 2015 | 2017 | [36] | ||||
Fly SAX | B5 | EXZ | DUMA | 2012 | 2019 | Renamed to EastAfrican[37] | |
Freight Air Service Transport | TFS | FAST TRANSPORT | 1997 | 2000 | Operated Boeing 747[38] | ||
Global Star Airlines | 1997 | 1999 | Operated Boeing 727, Douglas DC-3[39] | ||||
Gulf Falcon Air Services | AKF | AFRICAN FALCON | 2000 | 2000 | Operated Boeing 747[40] | ||
Ibis Aviation | 1997 | 1998 | Operated Beech Super King Air, Cessna Titan[41] | ||||
Imatong Airlines | IAL | IMATONG | 2005 | 2014 | |||
JetLink Express | J0 | JLX | KEN JET | 2006 | 2012 | ||
Kaskazi Aviation | 2001 | 2006 | [42] | ||||
Kencargo Airlines International | KEN JET | 2001 | 2004 | ||||
Kenya Air Charters | KB | KENCHARTER | 1978 | 1979 | [43] | ||
Kenya Aircraft Company | 1925 | 1929 | [44] | ||||
Kenya Flamingo Airways | F7 | KFL | 1978 | 2000 | Rebranded as Flamingo Airlines. Operated Saab 340[45] | ||
Lennox Airlines | LAK | 1986 | 2000 | Operated Boeing 707-320[46] | |||
Malindi Air Services | 1977 | 1999 | Operated Let Turbolet[47] | ||||
Mombasa Air Services | |||||||
Noon and Pearce Air Charters | 1946 | 1955 | [48] | ||||
North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company | 1926 | 1927 | Airmail services[49] | ||||
OneJetOne Airways | OJO | OHJOH | 2009 | 2010 | |||
Pharazyn Air Charters | 1955 | 1963 | Operated Beech Bonanza, Piper Pacer[50] | ||||
Pioneer Airlines | 1979 | 1987 | Renamed to African Express Airways[51] | ||||
Prestige Air Services | 1985 | 2009 | [52] | ||||
Rapid Air | 1970 | 1974 | Renamed to Mombasa Air Safari[53] | ||||
Regional Air | QT | RAW | BLUERAY | 2000 | 2005 | ||
Relief Air Transport | 1993 | 1996 | Flew humanitarian aid for the UN. Operated Curtiss C-46[54] | ||||
Ribway Cargo Airlines | 2014 | 2016 | Operated Douglas DC-8-70[55] | ||||
Ross Air | 2001 | 2006 | [56] | ||||
Silverstone Air | K5 | SLR | SILVERSTONE | 2017 | 2019 | ||
Simba Air Cargo | SRE | SIMBAIR | 1995 | 2001 | Operated Boeing 707, HS 748[57] | ||
Simbair | 1971 | 1977 | Subsidiary of East African Airways[58] | ||||
Sincereways Kenya | 1996 | 1998 | Operated Douglas DC-6B[59] | ||||
Sky Aero | 5F | 2014 | 2014 | ||||
Sky Bird Air Safaris | 2002 | 2004 | Subsidiary of ALS merged in[60] | ||||
Sky Relief Services | 2000s | 2010s | Operated Fokker F27, DHC-5 Buffalo[61] | ||||
Skyward International Aviation | OE | SEW | 2010 | 2014 | To Skyward Express[62] | ||
Skyways | 1948 | 1951 | [63] | ||||
Skyways Airlines | 1996 | 2005 | [64] | ||||
Skyways Kenya | 1996 | 2001 | Operated Gulfstream I[65] | ||||
SouthEast Airlines | 2014 | 2015 | Operated Douglas DC-9-30[66] | ||||
Stridestar International Airlines | 1985 | 1986 | [67] | ||||
Sunbird Aviation | 1987 | Merged with Air Kenya to form Airkenya Express | |||||
Sunbird Charters | 1968 | 1979 | [68] | ||||
Superior Aviation | 2004 | 2008 | [69] | ||||
Ticair Charters | 1968 | 1975 | [70] | ||||
Trackmark Cargo | 1989 | 2009 | Operated HS 748[71] | ||||
Tristar Air | 2018 | 2019 | Operated Fokker 50, Beech King Air, Cessna Caravan[72] | ||||
Ukunda Airways | 1988 | 1990 | Operated Dornier 228[73] | ||||
Western Airways | 1998 | 2004 | Established as Western Kenya Air Charters[74] | ||||
Wilkenair | 1960 | 1970 | Established ad Caspair[75] | ||||
Wilson Air | 1933 | 1936 | [76] | ||||
Wilson Airways | 1929 | 1939 | Founded by Florence Kerr Wilson, Thomas Campbell-Black and Archibald W. Watkins. Operated DH.60G Gipsy Moth, Avro 619 Five[77] | ||||
ZB Air | ZBA | 1963 | 2006 | Operated Cessna 402 |
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