Jambojet has added a new aircraft to its fleet to meet the growing demand for air travel bringing its total fleet of aeroplanes serving various local and international routes to eight.

With tail number 5Y-JXL, the aircraft underwent inspections, acceptance tests, registrations, and maintenance in Calgary, Canada.

It travelled 14,650 kilometres to Nairobi, stopping for technical reasons and at night in Thunder Bay, Goose Bay, Keflavik, Exeter, Malta, Marsa Allam, and Addis Abeba.

“We are thrilled to welcome Kozi to our fleet, which will ensure we address the growing market needs, allowing us to add frequencies in some of our destinations,” Jambojet CEO Karanja Ndegwa said.

“This is a show of our commitment to providing safe, affordable, reliable experience, with convenient schedules and exceptional customer service.”

The 78 to 82-seater De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400 NextGen aeroplane has a quick, quiet and effective engine.


Over 380 weekly flights are operated on 11 destinations by the Kenya Airways subsidiary, including Kisumu, Mombasa, Eldoret, Malindi, Diani, Lamu, Goma (DRC), and Nairobi.

Further, Karanja added that Jambojet flew over 1 million passengers in 2022 and aims to fly 1.2 million passengers in 2023.

“At the end of June, we had flown close to 600 thousand passengers, indicating we are well on our way to surpass the target.”

Only last month, Jambojet participated in SkyTeam’s ‘The Sustainable Flight Challenge’ with a return flight to Mombasa, where they implemented several initiatives to operate the most sustainable flight ever.

The airline reports reviewing scalability in some initiatives to be adapted across its operations.