List of defunct airlines of Kenya

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

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		 Ceased
operations		 Notes
Aero Air Service20092009Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 172, Cessna 206, Cessna 208, DHC-6 Twin Otters[2]
Aero Kenya19972010Operated Beech 1900[3]
African Air Cars19461949Founded by Ralph Blair Whitehead. Operated Avro Anson, Percival Proctor[4]
African Airlines InternationalSYAIKAFRICAN AIRLINES19872003Operated Antonov An-32, Boeing 707-321C[5]
African Cargo AirwaysEAI19901996Operated Lockheed L-100 Hercules[6]
African Cargo Services LtdACBAFRICARGO19751978Operated Bristol Britannia[7]
African Commuter Services19962003Operated Gulfstream I, HS 748[8]
African Safari AirwaysA2QSCZEBRA19672008
Afrika AviationFRKAFRIFAST20002005[9]
Air Al-Faraj19971998Operated Beech 1900[10]
Air East Africa19931996Operated Boeing 727[11]
Air Flamingo19641965Operated Cessna 150, Cessna 180, Cessna 206[12]
Air KenyaQP19701987Merged with Sunbird to form Airkenya Aviation. Operated Douglas C-47, DHC-6 Twin Otters, Cessna Caravan[13]
Airkenya AviationQPSAL19872007Renamed to Airkenya Express. Operated Douglas C-47, DHC-6 Twin Otters[14]
Airstream Kenya20112015Operated HS 748[15]
Amphibians19781978Operated Britten-Norman Trislander[16]
Autair Helicopters19641970Subsidiary of Autair[17]
Avonair19641968Operated Cessna 206[18]
Branton Air Service19931997Operated Douglas DC-3[19]
Britex Air Services20172017Operated Embraer Brasilia[20]
British East Africa Airways19641965Operated Lockheed L-049 Constellation[21]
Campling Bros. & Vanderwal19461964Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 182, Cessna 210, Macchi MB.320, de Havilland Moth Minor[22]
CaspairQPSALSUNBIRD19461979Renamed to Sunbird Aviation. Operated Douglas C-47, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, DHC-6 Twin Otters, BN-2 Islander[23]
CMC Aviation19612011Rebranded as DAC East Africa
CHS Aviation19901998Rebranded East African Safari Air[24]
Clairways19471953Operated Avro Anson[25]
Coast AirCQACOASTAIR??[26]
Cooper Skybird AirchartersSKY1980s1980sOperated Britten-Norman Trislander[27]
DAS Air CargoDAZDASAIR19832007Operated Boeing 707, Douglas DC-10[28]
Delta ConnectionZ9DCPNILECAT20042010Rebranded D-Connection
Eagle AviationY4EQAMAGNUM19862003Merged into East African Express. Operated ATR 42, Boeing 737, DHC-6 Twin Otters, Fokker F28, Let Turbolet[29]
East AfricanS9HAS19892004Eagle Aviation (Kenya) (1986–2003) merged into East African
East African Air Charters20042008[30]
East African AirwaysECECEASTAF19451977
East African Safari Air ExpressB5EXZDUMA20022012Rebranded as Fly SAX
East Coast AirlinesECKEAST COAST1980s1980sOperated Boeing 757[31]
Equator Airlines3PPKAEQUATOR19901999Renamed to African Express Airways[32]
Falcon Air Charters19901999To ALS – Aircraft Leasing Services. Operated Beech 1900[33]
Fast AirwaysTFSFAST TRANSPORT19972000[34]
Flamingo AirlinesF7KFLNAKURU20002009Launched by Kenya Airways and branded Kenya Flamingo Airlines. Absorbed by Kenya Airways. Operated Saab 340[35]
Fly County Airlines20152017[36]
Fly SAXB5EXZDUMA20122019Renamed to EastAfrican[citation needed]
Freight Air Service TransportTFSFAST TRANSPORT19972000Operated Boeing 747[37]
Global Star Airlines19971999Operated Boeing 727, Douglas DC-3[38]
Gulf Falcon Air ServicesAKFAFRICAN FALCON20002000Operated Boeing 747[citation needed]
Ibis Aviation19971998Operated Beech Super King Air, Cessna Titan[39]
Imatong AirlinesIALIMATONG20052014
JetLink ExpressJ0JLXKEN JET20062012
Kaskazi Aviation20012006[40]
Kencargo Airlines InternationalKEN JET20012004
Kenya Air ChartersKBKENCHARTER19781979[41]
Kenya Aircraft Company19251929[42]
Kenya Flamingo AirwaysF7KFL19782000Rebranded as Flamingo Airlines. Operated Saab 340[43]
Lennox AirlinesLAK19862000Operated Boeing 707-320[44]
Malindi Air Services19771999Operated Let Turbolet[45]
Mombasa Air Services
Noon and Pearce Air Charters19461955[46]
North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company19261927Airmail services[47]
OneJetOne AirwaysOJOOHJOH20092010
Pharazyn Air Charters19551963Operated Beech Bonanza, Piper Pacer[48]
Pioneer Airlines19791987Renamed to African Express Airways[49]
Prestige Air Services19852009[50]
Rapid Air19701974Renamed to Mombasa Air Safari[51]
Regional AirQTRAWBLUERAY20002005
Relief Air Transport19931996Flew humanitarian aid for the UN. Operated Curtiss C-46[52]
Ribway Cargo Airlines20142016Operated Douglas DC-8-70[53]
Ross Air20012006[54]
Silverstone AirK5SLRSILVERSTONE20172019
Simba Air CargoSRESIMBAIR19952001Operated Boeing 707, HS 748[55]
Simbair19711977Subsidiary of East African Airways[56]
Sincereways Kenya19961998Operated Douglas DC-6B[57]
Sky Aero5F20142014
Sky Bird Air Safaris20022004Subsidiary of ALS merged in[58]
Sky Relief Services2000s2010sOperated Fokker F27, DHC-5 Buffalo[59]
Skyward International AviationOESEW20102014To Skyward Express[60]
Skyways19481951[61]
Skyways Airlines19962005[62]
Skyways Kenya19962001Operated Gulfstream I[63]
SouthEast Airlines20142015Operated Douglas DC-9-30[64]
Stridestar International Airlines19851986[65]
Sunbird Aviation1987Merged with Air Kenya to form Airkenya Express
Sunbird Charters19681979[66]
Superior Aviation20042008[67]
Ticair Charters19681975[68]
Trackmark Cargo19892009Operated HS 748[69]
Tristar Air20182019Operated Fokker 50, Beech King Air, Cessna Caravan[70]
Ukunda Airways19881990Operated Dornier 228[71]
Western Airways19982004Established as Western Kenya Air Charters[72]
Wilkenair19601970Established ad Caspair[73]
Wilson Air19331936[74]
Wilson Airways19291939Founded by Florence Kerr Wilson, Thomas Campbell-Black and Archibald W. Watkins. Operated DH.60G Gipsy Moth, Avro 619 Five[75]
ZB AirZBA19632006Operated Cessna 402

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