List of defunct airlines of Kenya

This is a list of defunct airlines of Kenya.[1]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations 		Ceased
operations 		Notes
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[citation needed]
Freight Air Service Transport TFS FAST TRANSPORT 1997 2000 Operated Boeing 747[37]
Global Star Airlines 1997 1999 Operated Boeing 727, Douglas DC-3[38]
Gulf Falcon Air Services AKF AFRICAN FALCON 2000 2000 Operated Boeing 747[citation needed]
Ibis Aviation 1997 1998 Operated Beech Super King Air, Cessna Titan[39]
Imatong Airlines IAL IMATONG 2005 2014
JetLink Express J0 JLX KEN JET 2006 2012
Kaskazi Aviation 2001 2006 [40]
Kencargo Airlines International KEN JET 2001 2004
Kenya Air Charters KB KENCHARTER 1978 1979 [41]
Kenya Aircraft Company 1925 1929 [42]
Kenya Flamingo Airways F7 KFL 1978 2000 Rebranded as Flamingo Airlines. Operated Saab 340[43]
Lennox Airlines LAK 1986 2000 Operated Boeing 707-320[44]
Malindi Air Services 1977 1999 Operated Let Turbolet[45]
Mombasa Air Services
Noon and Pearce Air Charters 1946 1955 [46]
North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company 1926 1927 Airmail services[47]
OneJetOne Airways OJO OHJOH 2009 2010
Pharazyn Air Charters 1955 1963 Operated Beech Bonanza, Piper Pacer[48]
Pioneer Airlines 1979 1987 Renamed to African Express Airways[49]
Prestige Air Services 1985 2009 [50]
Rapid Air 1970 1974 Renamed to Mombasa Air Safari[51]
Regional Air QT RAW BLUERAY 2000 2005
Relief Air Transport 1993 1996 Flew humanitarian aid for the UN. Operated Curtiss C-46[52]
Ribway Cargo Airlines 2014 2016 Operated Douglas DC-8-70[53]
Ross Air 2001 2006 [54]
Silverstone Air K5 SLR SILVERSTONE 2017 2019
Simba Air Cargo SRE SIMBAIR 1995 2001 Operated Boeing 707, HS 748[55]
Simbair 1971 1977 Subsidiary of East African Airways[56]
Sincereways Kenya 1996 1998 Operated Douglas DC-6B[57]
Sky Aero 5F 2014 2014
Sky Bird Air Safaris 2002 2004 Subsidiary of ALS merged in[58]
Sky Relief Services 2000s 2010s Operated Fokker F27, DHC-5 Buffalo[59]
Skyward International Aviation OE SEW 2010 2014 To Skyward Express[60]
Skyways 1948 1951 [61]
Skyways Airlines 1996 2005 [62]
Skyways Kenya 1996 2001 Operated Gulfstream I[63]
SouthEast Airlines 2014 2015 Operated Douglas DC-9-30[64]
Stridestar International Airlines 1985 1986 [65]
Sunbird Aviation 1987 Merged with Air Kenya to form Airkenya Express
Sunbird Charters 1968 1979 [66]
Superior Aviation 2004 2008 [67]
Ticair Charters 1968 1975 [68]
Trackmark Cargo 1989 2009 Operated HS 748[69]
Tristar Air 2018 2019 Operated Fokker 50, Beech King Air, Cessna Caravan[70]
Ukunda Airways 1988 1990 Operated Dornier 228[71]
Western Airways 1998 2004 Established as Western Kenya Air Charters[72]
Wilkenair 1960 1970 Established ad Caspair[73]
Wilson Air 1933 1936 [74]
Wilson Airways 1929 1939 Founded by Florence Kerr Wilson, Thomas Campbell-Black and Archibald W. Watkins. Operated DH.60G Gipsy Moth, Avro 619 Five[75]
ZB Air ZBA 1963 2006 Operated Cessna 402

See also

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