News Updates

AIRKENYA is pleased to announce Flights to Migori and a NEW Masai Mara schedule starting 1st June 2015.  Please see full details below.

AIRKENYA & REGIONAL AIR commence Migori/Tarime schedule

With effect from 1st June 2015‚ Airkenya shall offer a scheduled flight into Migori and ground transfers to Tarime‚ where sister airline Regional Air Services (RAS) will fly passengers onwards from Tarime to Seronera‚ Serengeti and the Selous.

The new service is set to reduce the time taken to move between the Masai Mara into the Serengeti or vice versa.

The schedule is as follows:

MARA - MIGORI depart 09.30am   arrive 09.50am

MIGORI - MARA depart 12.05am   arrive 12.25pm

FARE: 

Mara - Migori $238 plus $10 Taxes

Mara - Seronera (through fare) $458 plus $25 

Seronera - Mara (through fare) $458 plus $25

includes ground transfer Migori - Tarime and vice versa.

NEW MASAI MARA Schedule:

The AIRKENYA Masai Mara schedule has been improved with the following NEW schedule effective 1st June 2015

Early Bird Mara service

WILSON - MARA depart 08.00am  arrive 8.40am (approx)

MARA - WILSON depart 08.45am arrive 10.15am (approx)

Morning Mara service

WILSON - MARA depart 10.30am arrive 11.10 (approx)

MARA - WILSON depart 11.15am arrive 12.45 (approx)

Please note‚ passengers already booked on the 09.15am will be rebooked on the 10.30am schedule.  If you wish to rebook on an alte;rnative departure please advise AIRKENYA Call Centre on 254 20 391 6000‚ please quote your Booking Ref.  Or email resvns@airkenya.com

AIRKENYA shall honour the 12.45pm departure where Passengers are already booked and ticketed.

NORTH (NANYUKI‚ SAMBURU‚ LEWA DOWNS) - MASAI MARA

Please note the new timings:

WILSON - NORTH depart 08.30am  arrive 09.20am

NORTH - MARA depart 09.30am  arrive 11.25am

includes all of the mentioned destinations.

Please note‚ arrival to drop/pick clients is determined by the aircraft routing.  We request Airkenya Operations be contacted for more precise arrival/ departure times from Nanyuki‚ Samburu and Lewa Downs.

PLEASE NOTE: 

NO CHANGE on the WILSON 09.15am departure to Samburu‚ Nanyuki‚ Lewa Downs and Meru.

SAMBURU Service:

We wish to advise that AIRKENYA shall operate into the KALAMA Airstrip for all properties in the Samburu Area.  Oryx and Buffalo Airstrips‚ will be served on charter basis only.

NAKURU Service:

Regret the service has been suspended with immediate effect.  However‚ AIRKENYA shall operate the services where passengers are already booked. 

VISA'S

AIRKENYA/REGIONAL AIR appeals to Agents to ensure passengers connecting to KILIMANJARO/WILSON‚ MIGORI/TARIME have already obtained their TANZANIAN/KENYAN Visa's.  Considerable delays are caused when passengers have to attain VISA's and impacts the on-time departures of onward services.  Passengers must ensure they have all documentation inclusive of Yellow Fever cards.

NEW Schedules 2015: 

The new Timetable/Flight Schedule will be circulated to all Agents shortly.

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If you have any questions relating to the above or require any clarification please do not hesitate to contact us on email: resvns@airkenya.com or cheryl@airkenya.com or Telephones 254 20 391 6000 /392 5000

We sincerely thank you for your continued support and wish you good sales in the region.

Yours sincerely

Cheryl deSouza Pedersen
MARKETING MANAGER

Its been a double celebration for Airkenya at the start of the New Year‚ 2 days after the brand new Cessna Caravan arrived from the USA‚ its second Dash 7 arrived.  There was champagne popping as the Crew alighted from the aircraft after a 5 days ferry flight.  The Dash 7 STOL aircraft is the most robust aircraft with a seating capacity of 50pax.  Airkenya is the leading domestic airline serving the tourist circuit and with the biggest capacity aircraft maintains its lead in the East African region.

Airkenya starts off the New Year with the arrival of its seventh brand new Cessna Grand Caravan‚ the EX Series however‚ is the second of its Type with the airline.   The brand new Caravan arrived this morning 2nd January 2014 from Wichita‚ Kansas‚ USA.   

Airkenya General Manager‚ Capt Dino Bisleti‚ together with Operations Manager‚ Anna Nzomo and Engineering Manager Alan Oliveria received the Aircraft.

Airkenya is the proud winner of Kenya's Leading Domestic Carrier at the just concluded World Travel Awards on 16th October 2013.

Airkenya received the award at a dazzling ceremony at Safari Park Hotel and Casino.

World Travel Awards supports‚ promotes and develops the global travel and tourism industry by identifying and rewarding excellence and inspiring‚ practioners to continually raise the standards of key products and service offering.

Eco Tourism is about respect for the environment and a major component is capacity building for community development. Airkenya was awarded the coverted Eco Warrior Award 2013 - airline category on 24th of September at Safaripark Hotel.  Indeed‚ one of Airkenya major contributions is the building of a world class primary education institution using the most eco friendly materials and innovations.  The schools classrooms and staff houses are lit by solar power and the septic tank biodegrades all the waste 100%. 

Airkenya’s sixth brand new Grand Caravan arrived on the 25th of July 2013 from the Cessna Factory in Wichita‚ Kansas‚ USA.

 Airkenya has acquired the latest 208B Cessna Grand caravan EX that was certified this year January 2013.The new model is Cessna grand caravan Ex that is powered by 867 Shaft horse power ‚ P &W engine  PT6A-140 that adds a great deal of power thus improving climb by 38%.

The 11 seater Caravan is also equipped with the latest integrated flight instrument system‚ all glass suite cockpit‚ latest avionics package which includes traffic avoidance collision system‚ (TACS)‚ enhanced ground proximity warning (EGPWS) and an efficient auto pilot system amongst many other features.

 Airkenya’s  General Manager‚ Capt Dino Bisleti has indicated “the Caravan will be operated with two pilots as per the airline crewing policy and it  will complement Airkenya’s  fleet to better serve the airline’s many scheduled destinations‚ the Caravan is a robust aircraft and is suited for bush flying”.

  The Caravan’s arrival comes in the wake of a flourishing peak  season.   

Airkenya proudly handed over two new classrooms and a two bedroom Staff House to the Emarti Primary School in the Masai Mara on 25th February 2013 having made good its promise for the first phase of the building of Emarti Primary School‚ at a cost of Kenya Shillings 10million. 

Airkenya General Manager‚ Capt Dino Bisleti in his speech during the handing over ceremony said he  "was proud to have completed the first phase of the school”‚ whilst pledging future support he said he also "hoped to see children out of Emarti School come for employment with Airkenya and to fly our aircraft”. 

The Mara District Education officers thanked Airkenya "for  the quality of the classrooms built and indicated this should encourage performance and enrollment in the school”. Airkenya made the decision that the most beneficial corporate socially responsible project would be education.  Indeed‚ to uplift the livelihood of people and to safeguard the environment‚ education was the single most important facet.  The Masai Mara is Airkenya's flagship destination with three flights daily it was an obvious choice for the school. 

The school which will eventually have boarding facilities‚ dining/school hall plus new classrooms for standards 1 – 8 and a Nursery School is a long term project for Airkenya with a total cost of not less than US$1.5million.

Airkenya received "Judges Commendation Award" during the Eco Warrior Awards held at The Nairobi Serena Hotel in November. Presenting the Award to Airkenya's Corporate Quality Manager Abu Bakari and Marketing Manager Cheryl deSouza is Eco Tourism Chief Executive Kahindi Lekalhaile.

Airkenya for the second time this year won the BEST STAND Award ‚Service Sector during the
Get Away 2012 Tourism Expo at the Sarit Centre in October. Airkenya’s Reservations
Manager‚ Maryanne Nganga received the Award.

Airkenya has made good its promise to the Emarti School in the Masai Mara with a ground breaking ceremony for the first two classrooms and staff house.  The ground breaking ceremony took place on Monday 24^th September 2012.  The new buildings will be ready come the new year.  A detailed Masterplan was commissioned by Airkenya whereby the school which will eventually have boarding facilities‚ dining/school hall plus  new classrooms for standard 1 – 8 and a Nursery School.  The project will cost Airkenya $1.5million this is a long term project.  Airkenya has flown into the Mara for many years and indeed the Masai Mara being the flag ship destination it became only natural that the Masai Mara was the area that Airkenya wished to see school project come into fruition and indeed give back to the community.

AeroLink Uganda Limited a subsidiary of Airkenya Express Limited is proud to announce the commencement of its domestic schedule and charter services following the successful issuance of its Air Service License (ASL).

AeroLink is based and will operate out of Entebbe International Airport and will offer daily flights into Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Kihihi Airstrip)‚ Queen Elizabeth National Park (Kasese Airstrip) and Murchison Falls (Pakuba and Bugungu Airstrips). AeroLink will provide a convenient and affordable link to the Ugandan national parks.

Visitors to the national parks will now have an opportunity to experience the exploding waters of the River Nile and its cocktail of activities one day and look into the expressive brown eyes of the mountain gorillas the next day leaving ample time to savor the beauty of Queen Elizabeth National Park often referred to as 'The Pearl of Africa'. Kasese‚ also a business destination and will serve the needs of business passengers visiting that area.

AeroLink will commence its operations with Cessna Grand Caravans which come equipped with the very latest technology in flight instruments exhibited in a full glass cockpit. It has excellent hazard avoidance abilities to help the crew see and avoid dangerous weather terrain and other aircraft . As per Airkenya's crewing policy‚ the flights will be operated by two pilots and will carry 11 passengers only. 

AeroLink together with its sister companies Airkenya Express in Kenya and Regional Air Services in Tanzania will be in a position to offer its dynamic client base a truly East African experience.Log on to www.aerolinkuganda.com for the schedule and rates.

For more information contact Anne Hiri Barare on 256 776 882203 or Anthony Karanja Njoroge on 256 776 882202 or email info@aerolinkuganda.com

Airkenya's third brand new Grand Caravan arrived on Saturday 14th July from the Cessna Factory in Wichita‚ Kansas‚ USA.  Pictured is Capt David Dobble who flew the aircraft handing over the keys to Airkenya‚ General Manager Capt Dino Bisleti.

The 11 seater Caravan is equipped with the latest integrated flight instrument system‚ all glass suite cockpit‚ latest avionics package which includes traffic avoidance collision system‚ (TACS)‚ enhanced ground proximity warning (EGPWS)and a efficient auto pilot system amongst many other features.

This is Airkenya's third new Caravan in 18 months.  Airkenya's  General Manager‚ Capt Dino Bisleti has indicated "the Caravan will be operated with two pilots as per the airline crewing policy and it  will complement Airkenya's  fleet to better serve the airline's many scheduled destinations".

 The Caravan's arrival coincides with the July‚ August peak  season.    

Airkenya scooped the Air Operator of the Year Award for the second year at the Kenya Tourism Awards 2012. The gala brings together the tourism industry to celebrate the gains the sector has made in sustainable tourism‚ and to recognize individual excellence in the sector with an aim of setting industry standards high.  The theme of this years’ awards was 'Celebrate‚ Sustain and Diversify Tourism'.  The glamorous Awards evening which is in its second year had in attendance Asst Minister of Tourism Cecily Mbarire together with Moroccan Tourist Federation President Ali Ghannam.  

Airkenya has traditionally been well regarded for its high safety standards and training of Crew forms an integral part of this.  The Judges of the Awards look for the company who exhibits creative marketing‚ has a training schedule for staff and contributes towards social responsibility amongst other attributes. Airkenya operates out of Wilson Airport and offer passengers an exclusive check in at its Passenger Terminal.  Airkenya flies scheduled flights into the Masai Mara‚ Samburu‚ Amboseli‚ Nanyuki‚ Lewa Downs‚ Meru‚ Diani‚ Lamu and Malindi in Kenya.  Airkenya also flies into Kilimanjaro.  In 2012‚ Airkenya launched AeroLink its subsidiary airline in Uganda‚ which will operate schedule and charter flights into Uganda’s major game parks.

 Airkenya Management and Senior Managers attended the Gala Awards evening and General Manager‚ Capt Dino Bisleti said in his acceptance speech “its tough to stay on top but we have done it for the second year and I want to thank the Airkenya team who work so hard to keep us on top”!

Airkenya Express is spreading its wings to Uganda with the start of a new airline AeroLink Uganda. The new airline will offer scheduled and charter flights into Uganda’s major game parks. The start date for scheduled flights will be 15th June 2012. Aerolink will be based and operate out of Entebbe International Airport with flights into Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Kihihi airstrip)‚ Queen Elizabeth National Park (Kasese airstrip) and Murchison Falls (Pakuba and Bugungu airstrips). This will enable easy connections into Uganda’s national parks. Visit  www.aerolinkuganda.com for further flight and fares. For further information contact  anne.barare@aerolinkuganda.com.

Airkenya’s Sales Manager‚ Carole Ndegwa together with Airkenya Reservations Manager Catherine Kimwele and Digital Executive Rahab Ngugi manned the stand for the 5 days of the show and have indicated this was amongst the best shows to date with many clients making bookings for the upcoming Easter and school holidays.  Carole Ndegwa also indicated “there were many enquires too and if these materialize the second quarter will look pretty good”.

Esther Silantoi dreams of seeing more children in the community “come to school and get an education rather than marry off early and start having children..”.  Being unfenced‚ the school is exposed to the dangers of wild animals coming close to the school and even elephant are not uncommon.  Airkenya made a fact finding trip this past month  and donated reading material for the children. The children were all smiles when the Senior Warden‚ Narok County Council Airkenya Marketing Manager‚ Cheryl deSouza and Digital Marketing Executive Rahab Ngugi visited the school recently.

Airkenya Express has taken delivery of a Helicopter! The five-seater Helicopter will be available for private charters.  This high performance AS 350 B3 Helicopter arrived late 2011.  The Helicopter is powered by an Arriel 2B engine and has an advance avionics package that permits the pilot to closely monitor engine performance and accurately navigate to destination.

This Helicopter was the first of its kind to land on Mount Everest‚ the highest peak in the world‚ a performance achievement that few Helicopters in this category can match.

The AS350 B3's speed and range combined with a roomy‚ quiet cabin make it suitable for a variety of missions from emergency evacuations to executive transport.

It is an ideal Helicopter for a hot and high operation.  It is a safe option for “bush flying” and difficult terrain. It can accommodate a maximum of 5 passengers and cruise at a speed of 150 miles/hr.