Jambo Jet receives operating licence, may commence operations by end of 2012

Jambo Jet received its operating licence from Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, according to a report by The Nation. The airline plans to operate six domestic and 16 African international routes from Nairobi International Airport with Boeing 737 aircraft and may commence operations by the end of 2012. The carrier is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kenya Airways. Jambo Jet's proposed routes are as follows:

• Domestic: Nairobi to Eldoret, Kisumu, Lamu, Malindi, Mombasa and Wajir;
• International: Dar Es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Entebbe, Addis Ababa, Zanzibar, Pemba, Antananarivo, Bujumbura, Kigali, Hargeisa, Juba, Goma, Kisangani, Moroni and Dzaoudzi.