Jambojet Limited is a Kenyan

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that started operations on 1 April 2014. It is a subsidiary of

Kenya Airways Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. Its head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its Airline hu ...

and is headquartered in

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History

Willem Alexander Hondius was appointed as

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in September 2013, reporting to the board of directors, chaired by Ayisi Makatiani. Before his appointment, Hondius was general manager for

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),

for Eastern Africa based in Nairobi since 2012. The airline aimed to directly employ 24 employees, hire 20 pilots from Kenya Airways, and source 30 crew members from third parties. Operations commenced on 1 April 2014. The

Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) is a state corporation of Kenya that is responsible for regulating the aviation industry in Kenya and for providing air navigation services in the Kenya flight region. The KCAA offers training in the aviation ...

authorised the airline to fly to

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, the

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, and

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Corporate affairs

Ownership

The airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of

. Its equity consists of 5,000 shares each with a nominal value of KSh 20/=.

Business trends

Jambojet's performance and financial figures are fully incorporated within the Kenya Airways Group report and accounts. Available figures for Jambojet are shown below - until March 2017, accounting dates were for the year ending 31 March; this changed to year ending 31 December from 2017, to align with accounting dates for the parent company. (''Note also: Jambojet commenced operations in April 2014; therefore start-up costs, but no income, arose in the financial year to March 2014.'')

Destinations

, Jambojet flies to seven airports within Kenya as well as one international destination. Jambojet suspended operations into Entebbe and Kigali in August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jambojet is currently the largest domestic carrier in Kenya, carrying over 1 million passengers in 2022 and projecting to carry at least 1.2 million passengers in 2023.

Fleet

Current fleet

, Jambojet operates the following aircraft: Jambojet B737-300 5Y-KQA

Historical fleet

The company has previously operated the following aircraft: *

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References

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