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Kenya is a republic in East Africa and is home to many different ethnic groups. Formerly a British colony, Kenya gained independence in 1963 and has been a republic since 1964. It is bordered on the north by Sudan and Ethiopia, on the east by Somalia and the Indian Ocean, on the south by Tanzania, and on the west by Lake Victoria and Uganda. Nairobi is the country's capital and largest city.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA / ICAO Tree Status Update / New

748 Air Services (Seven Four Eight Air Services)

1994* - 2010> : SVT   Active  

Aberdair Aviation

2009* - 2010>     Active  

AD Aviation

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Aero Kenya

2005* - 2010*     Defunct Update

Africair

* - *     Status?  

African Air Cars

* - *     Status?  

African Airlines International

1990 - 2003* : AIK   Defunct  

African Cargo Airways (Services)

* - *     Defunct  

African Commuter Air Services

2002* - 2003     Defunct  

African Commuter Services

2003* - 2008*     Status?  

African Eagle

* - *     Status?  

African Express Airways

1987* - 1989*   >Equator Airlines Renamed  

African Express Airways (AEA)

1986 - 2010> XU : AXK   Active  

Afrika Aviation

1991* - 2006*     Status?  

Aim Air (African Inland Mission)

1999* - 2006*     Status?  

Air Chartered Traders

* ~ *     Unproven  

Air East Africa

1996* - 1997     Defunct  

Air Express

2003* - 2004*     Defunct  

Air Flamingo

* - *     Status?  

Air Kenya

1970 - 1985   >Airkenya Express Renamed  

Aircraft Leasing Services

2003* - 2003*   >ALS Renamed  

Airkenya

1985 - 2007 QP : SAL >Airkenya Express Renamed  

Airkenya Express

2007 - 2010> P2 : XAK Airkenya Express Active  

ALS

1999* - 2010>   ALS Active Update

Amphibians

* - *     Status?  

Arch Aviation

1994* ~ 1996*     Unproven  

ASA (African Safari Airways)

1967 - 2008 QS : QSC   Defunct  

Astral Aviation

2001 - 2010> 8V : ACP   Active  

Avonair

* - *     Status?  

Blue Bird Aviation

1992 - 2010> : BBZ   Active  

Blue Sky Aviation

2007* - 2009* : SBK   Status?  

Branton Air Service

* ~ *     Unproven  

Britair East Africa

* ~ *     Unproven  

Campling Bros. & Vanderwal

1946* - 1964   >Safari Air Services Renamed  

Capital Airlines

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Caspair (Caspar Air Charters)

1949* - 1979 QP : >Airkenya Express Renamed  

Ceneast Airways

* - *     Status?  

CHS Aviation

2005* - 2005*     Status?  

Clairways

* - *     Status?  

Coast Air

* - *     Status?  

Cobham-Blackburn Airlines

* - *     Status?  

Cooper Skybird Air Charter

* - *     Status?  

Cruisair

* - *     Status?  

DAS Air Cargo

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Eagle Aviation

1986 - 2003*     Defunct  

East African Air Charters

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

East African Airways

1928* - 1936     Defunct  

East African Airways

1956* - 1976     Defunct  

East African Express (East African Safari Air Express)

2003* - 2010> BS : HAS   Active  

East African Safari Air

1989* - 2004 S9 : HAS   Defunct  

East Coast Airlines (Kenya)

* - *     Status?  

Equator Airlines

1998* - 2001*   Equator Airlines Status?  

Falcon Air Charters

2002* - 2003*   >ALS Renamed  

Fast Airways (Freight Air Service Transport)

1997* - 2000*     Defunct  

Flamingo Airlines

2000 - 2003   >Kenya Airways Renamed  

Flamingo Airways

* - *     Status?  

Flash Airlines

* ~ *     Unproven  

Fly540

2006 - 2010> 5H : FFV   Active  

Ibis Aviation

1999* - 1999*     Status?  

JetLink Express

2004 - 2010> JO : JLK   Active  

Kaskazi Aviation

2001* - 2006*     Status?  

Kencargo Airlines International

2001 - 2004     Defunct  

Kenya Air Charters

1978* - 1979* KB :   Status?  

Kenya Aircraft Company

* ~ *     Unproven  

Kenya Airways

1977 - 2010> KQ : KQA Kenya Airways Active  

Kenya Flamingo Airlines

1978* - 2000   >Kenya Airways Renamed  

Kismayo Airlines

1990s     Status?  

Knight Aviation

2002* - 2009*     Status?  

Lennox Airlines

1986* - 2000     Defunct  

Malindi Air Services

1999* - 1999*     Status?  

Mombasa Air Safari

1974 - 2010>     Active  

Noon and Pearce Air Charters

1946* - 1955     Defunct  

North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company

1926 - 1927     Defunct  

OneJetOne Airways

2010+     Planned  

Phoenix Aviation

1999* - 2000*     Status?  

Pioneer Airlines

1983* - 1983*     Defunct  

Prestige Air Services

1980s     Status?  

Queensway Air Services

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Regional Air

2000 - 2005 QP : RAW   Defunct  

Relief Air Transport

* ~ *     Unproven  

Ross Air (RossAir)

2001* - 2006*     Status?  

Royale

* ~ *     Unproven  

Safari Air Services

1964 - 1979* QY : Safari Air Services Status?  

SafariLink

2004* - 2010>     Active  

Salaam Aviation

2010+     Planned  

Simba Air Cargo

1995* - 2001*     Defunct  

Simbair

1971* - 1977     Defunct  

Sincereways Kenya

* - *     Status?  

Sky Bird Air Safaris

2002* - 2004   >ALS Renamed  

Skytrail

1982* - 1989*     Status?  

Skytrail (ASC Air Safaris)

2004* - 2007*     Status?  

Skyways

1948 - 1951*     Defunct  

Skyways Airlines

1996* - 2005*     Status?  

Skyways Kenya

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Stridestar International Airlines (Ceneast Airlines)

* ~ *     Unproven  

Sunbird Aviation

1985* - 1985   >Airkenya Express Renamed  

Sunbird Charters

1968* - 1979*     Status?  

Superior Aviation

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Tana & Mara Aviation

* ~ *     Unproven  

Ticair Charters

1968* - 1975*     Status?  

Track Mark (Trackmark Cargo)

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Transworld Safaris

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Trident Enterprises

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

Ukanda Airways

1988* - 1990*     Status?  

United Air Cargo

* ~ *     Unproven  

United Airlines (United Air Lines)

2002* - 2006*     Status?  

Warsan Air Services

* ~ *     Unproven  

West Wing Aviation

* ~ *     Unproven  

Western Airways

2003* - 2004*     Defunct  

Western Kenya Air Charters

1966* - 1970*     Status?  

Wilkenair (Wilken Aviation)

1966* - 1970   >Airkenya Express Renamed  

Wilson Air

1933* - 1936*     Status?  

Wilson Airways

* - *     Status?  

Yana Air Cargo

1991 - 1993     Status?  

ZB Air (Z Boskovic Air Charters)

1963 - 2006     Defunct  

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