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Image IATA [1] ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) Notes 748 Air Services: H4: IHO: SEFEAS: Nairobi-Kenyatta Airport: Aberdair Aviation: BDV: ABERDAV: Nairobi-Wilson Airport: Aero-Pioneer Group: Nairobi-Wilson Airport: Acariza Aviation: Nairobi-Wilson Airport: AD Aviation Aircharters: Nairobi-Wilson Airport: Aeronav Air Services: Nairobi-Wilson ...
Fly540 started operations between Nairobi and Mombasa on November 24, 2006. [4] The airline's name refers to its price of KSh5,540 per adult return fare between the above-mentioned cities. [5] Lonrho Africa was a major investor in the company, paying US $1.5 million for a 49% stake. [6]
Mombasa Airport is operated by Kenya Airports Authority. It was named after former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi during his tenure. At 61 metres (200 ft) above sea level, [ 4 ] the airport has two runways: Runway 1 (3/21) measures 3,350 metres (10,990 ft) in length and is equipped with an ILS instrument landing system.
On 20 November 1974, Lufthansa Flight 540, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-130, D-ABYB, LH 540, "Hessen" (German state), delivered 1970, crashed on takeoff from runway 24 in Nairobi killing 59 of the 157 on board. The aircraft was on a flight from Frankfurt to Nairobi then Johannesburg. This was the first fatal accident and third hull loss of a Boeing 747.
A Kenya Airways Boeing 777-200ER lands at Hong Kong International Airport in 2012.. Kenya Airways was established by the Government of Kenya on 22 January 1977, following the collapse of the East African Union and the consequent folding of East African Airways. [1]
The airport was established as Nairobi West Aerodrome in 1929 by Florence Kerr Wilson, a wealthy widow.Built at a cost of £50,000 (£3.2 million in 2020), Mrs Wilson hired pilot Tom Campbell Black to run the airport.
The company eventually wound down and ceased flight operations. In 1985 the original owners brought back the MAS name with a new aviation company under a new AOC that became known as Mombasa Air Safari. MAS operates along the Kenya coast with hubs at Mombasa ( Moi Airport) and Diani Beach (Ukunda Airfield) with regular departures also from Malindi.
Flight 053 returned to Wilson Airport and landed safely with no injuries to the 39 passengers and five crew, while the Cessna crashed in nearby Nairobi National Park, killing the two pilots on board. As of July 2024, the accident is under investigation. [9] [10]