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Jambojet Enhances Fleet with De Havilland DHC-8-400 to Meet Increased Market Demand

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:17:10 +0000

Kenya Airways LCC subsidiary, Jambojet has announced the arrival of a Bombardier Dash 8 to its growing fleet. The addition of this aircraft brings the total number of aircraft in Jambojet’s fleet to 8 aircraft as it takes over more regional routes from the mainline carrier amid surging demand. The aircraft, a De Havilland Canada [...]

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Jambojet Boss Talks Rightsizing and Focus on Emerging Markets

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Fri, 13 May 2022 06:06:55 +0000

Jambojet banked on the enhancement of its product and a push into new and existing markets as it seeks to compete in the more challenging milieu of the future. This is according to the carrier’s top two executives speaking during the recently concluded AFRAA’s Aviation Stakeholders Convention in Nairobi. While low-cost carriers (LCCs) emphasize cost [...]

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Kenya’s s Jambojet to Transform its Flight Operations with ARMS®

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:24:01 +0000

Singapore company LAMINAAR Aviation Infotech revealed that its implementation team will deliver LAMINAAR’s proprietary ARMS® applications software solution to Kenya’s first low-cost carrier Jambojet for its flight operations. ARMS which provides fully-automated flight planning capabilities and significant productivity savings will help Jambojet unify flight operations and fuel policies across its operations. ARMS Flight Planning System [...]

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JamboJet to establish a Secondary Base at Mombasa’s Moi Airport

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:00:40 +0000

Kenyan LCC JamboJet will open a new aircraft base at Mombasa Airport (MBA) – located in the coastal town of Kenya – in the third quarter of 2022 in an effort to grow its domestic and regional network, according to Managing Director Karanja Ndengwa. This will be JamboJet’s second hub in Kenya as it currently [...]

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JamboJet is Launching Cargo Operations to Meet Evolving Demand

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:41:38 +0000

As cargo demand becomes the new normal for airlines while passenger traffic continues to recover, belly capacity is only recently starting to increase, keeping the pressure on supply chains. Kenyan airline JamboJet is preparing to begin cargo operations in the first half of this year to offset the declined passenger travel demand amid the prolonged [...]

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Holiday Offers: JamboJet Woos passengers with discounted ticket prices

admin — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 10:48:25 +0000

With no-frills, JamboJet is offering discounted fares worth KES 1,000 ($10) each for a limited period over its entire route network. Under the “Now Travel Ready” campaign that aims to encourage travel, JamboJet will be rewarding 1,100 customers with the discounted vouchers as they book flights ahead of the festive season. The airline announced it [...]

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JamboJet Delays planned return to Entebbe and Kigali due to depressed demand

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:29:33 +0000

Tough travel restrictions in Rwanda and Uganda have seen demand for air travel drop, according to JamboJet managing director Ndegwa Karanja speaking to Business Daily. The airline chief said that with the current stringent Covid-19 travel regulations in the two East African nations, the carrier may not resume flights in those destinations soon as demand [...]

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Kenya’s JamboJet Partners with Zela Aviation in Marketing its Dash 8-Q400 Aircraft

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:36:55 +0000

Zela Aviation has announced its cooperation with Jambojet – which operates a fleet of De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q400 aircraft – and will act as an appointed agent for leasing Jambojet’s aircraft under aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI) terms and conditions to other airlines. Expressing his satisfaction, Zela Aviation Chairman, Andreas Christodoulides noted that Zela Aviation will [...]

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Jambojet Inaugurates New Nairobi-Goma Route

admin — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:46:59 +0000

Kenyan carrier JamboJet has officially inaugurated new operations between Nairobi and Goma in the DRC. This marks the first flight to the central Africa region for Kenya Airways budget carrier and will be maintained twice weekly. Furthermore, the carrier hopes to increase this services to 4X weekly subject to increasing demand, with the airline filing [...]

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