African Express Airways

African Express Airways

Infobox Airline
airline = African Express Airways

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fleet_size = 3
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IATA = XU
ICAO = AXK
callsign = EXPRESS JET
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founded = 1986
headquarters =
key_people =
hubs = Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
secondary_hubs =
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African Express Airways is an airline based in Nairobi, Kenya. It operates domestic and international passenger services. Its main base is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobicite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 51 | date= 2007-03-27] .

History

The airline was established in 1986 and started operations in May 1986. It was set up in association with African Airlines International as a sister company, until September 1999 when it separated.

Despite rumors of termination of operations in Kenya, in August 2006 Fact|date=April 2007, operators are still reachable and it is apparently still possible to fly with the airline.

More recently, the airline has been implicated in flying prisoners of the USA on so called 'extraordinary rendition flights' from Nairobi, Kenya to Mogadishu, Somalia, including 11 children on one flight along with a number of women. When questioned about the flights, a spokesperson for African express airways stated that the 'threat of losing our operating licence meant it was necessary to fly these prisoners.' [http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/kidnapped+to+order/552067 1]

Destinations

African Express Airways operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Berbera, Dubai, Dzaoudzi, Mogadishu, Moroni, Karachi and Sharjah aden

Fleet

The African Express Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2008):

*2 Boeing 727-200 (one aircraft is operated for Ishtar Airlines) (5Y-AXB & 5Y-AXE)
*1 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 (5Y-AXF)

External links

* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=XU&al_op=1 African Express Airways Fleet]

References


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