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African Express Airways

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African Express Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
XU AXK EXPRESS JET
Founded1986
HubsJomo Kenyatta International Airport
Focus citiesAden Adde International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations3[1]
HeadquartersEmbakasi, Nairobi, Kenya
Websiteflyafricanexpress.com

African Express Airways is a Somali-owned[2] Kenyan airline with its head office at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya.[3]

Services

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African Express Airways is a short-haul airline, which caters to business and leisure travellers and operates daily departures. It also has an associate company located near its head offices, Jet Aircraft Maintenance Ltd., which specializes in jet aircraft maintenance ranging from 'A' to 'B', 'C' and 'D' checks for most medium-range aircraft of Western manufacture. The company has a new in situ hangar equipped with all facilities, including maintenance hangar rental services for third parties who may have their own engineers and approvals.

Destinations

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African Express Airways Bombardier CRJ200
African Express Airways Douglas DC-9-30
A former African Express Airways Embraer 120

Current destinations

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As of July 2024, African Express Airways operates services to the following domestic and international scheduled destinations:[1]

Kenya
Somalia
Yemen

Former destinations

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The airline previously also served the following airports:[4]

Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Kenya
Somalia
South Sudan
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

Fleet

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Current fleet

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The African Express Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2024):[6]

African Express Airways Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
C Y Total
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 1 14 134 148
Douglas DC-9-30 2 10 90 100
Bombardier CRJ200LR 1 50 50
Total 4

Former fleet

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Accidents and incidents

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b africanexpress.net - Booking retrieved 19 July 2024
  2. ^ "Turkish airline launches landmark Mogadishu flight" (PDF). Arab Times. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014. Several Somali airlines, including Kenya-based African Express, fly into Somalia from neighbouring nations,[...]
  3. ^ "Contact." African Express Airways. Retrieved on 6 April 2018. "Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya Embakasi – Airport North Road, JKIA P.O BOX 19202-00501 Nairobi, Kenya."
  4. ^ "December Flight Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  5. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  6. ^ planespotters.net - African Express Airways Fleet Details and History retrieved 19 July 2024
  7. ^ "Betting Sites in Kenya 2024: 1xBet, Betway, 22Bet, & Melbet". Archived from the original on 2009-06-24.
  8. ^ "Crash: East African Express E120 at Berdale on May 4th 2020, aircraft shot down by Ethiopian troops". The Aviation Herald. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. ^ Dahir, Abdi Latif (10 May 2020). "Ethiopian Troops May Have Shot Down Aid Plane in Somalia, Report Says". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Accident McDonnell Douglas MD-82 5Y-AXL". aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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