{{Short description|Kenyan airline}} {{Infobox airline |airline = Airkenya Express |logo = Airkenya Express logo.svg |logo_size = 150 |fleet_size = 9 |destinations = 12 (area only total, particulars not included) |IATA = P2 |ICAO = XAK |callsign = SUNEXPRESS |parent = Air Kenya Express Limited |subsidiaries = Aerolink Uganda,<br> Regional Air |founded = 1987 |headquarters = Nairobi, Kenya |key_people = |hubs = Wilson Airport |secondary_hubs = |focus_cities = |frequent_flyer = |lounge = |alliance = |website = {{URL|airkenya.com}} }}
thumb|right|Airkenya Dash 7 '''Airkenya Express''' is an airline based in Nairobi, Kenya. It operates domestic scheduled and charter services, as well as scheduled flights to Tanzania. Its main base is Wilson Airport, Nairobi.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 70 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref>
== History == right|thumb|Air Kenya 1990 Logo Airkenya Express was formed and started operations in 1987 from the merger of Air Kenya and Sunbird Aviation. The two companies had over 20 years of general aviation experience in East Africa. Airkenya Aviation became Airkenya Express in January 2007. The airline is wholly owned by a Kenyan-controlled consortium and has 165 employees.<ref name="FI"/> It carried 100,000 passengers in 2014, as against 120,000 in 2013.<ref name=AW/>
AirKenya has two wholly owned subsidiaries: Regional Air Services in Tanzania launched in 1997 and AeroLink in Uganda launched in 2012.<ref name=AW>{{cite journal|title=Flying Wild|journal=Airliner World|date=July 2015|pages=24–30}}</ref>
== Services == Airkenya Express Limited operates to the following airports (as of July 2021):<ref>[http://www.airkenya.com Air Kenya website]</ref>
'''Domestic scheduled destinations:''' *Amboseli (Amboseli Airport) *Lewa Downs (Lewa Airport) *Maasai Mara (Keekorok, Kichwa, Musiara, Ngerende, Olekiombo, Serena, Shikar and Siana airstrips.) *Meru (Mulika Lodge Airport) *Nairobi-Wilson *Nanyuki (Nanyuki Airport) * Samburu (Samburu Airport)
'''International scheduled destinations:''' *Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Kilimanjaro International Airport)
==Accidents and incidents== *In February 1992, Douglas DC-3C 5Y-BBN was written off at an airstrip in the Maasai Mara. The aircraft was scrapped ''in situ'' in 1993.<ref name=ASN0292>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920299-0 |title=5Y-BBN Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref>
== Fleet == The Airkenya fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):<ref>{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2017|page=19}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ Airkenya Fleet |- ! Aircraft ! In<br>Service ! Orders ! Passengers ! Notes |- |De Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 |align="center"|2 (as of August 2025)<ref name="GAG">{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - AirKenya |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=64}}</ref> |align="center"|— |align="center"|37 | |- |Cessna Grand Caravan C208B |align="center"|3 |align="center"|— |align="center"|11 | |- |De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter |align="center"|3(as of August 2025)<ref name="GAG"/> |align="center"|— |align="center"|18 | |- |De Havilland Canada Dash 7-100 |align="center"|2(as of August 2025)<ref name="GAG"/> |align="center"|— |align="center"|50 | |- !Total !10 ! !colspan="2"| |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.airkenya.com/ }}
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