748 Air Services

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Seven Four Eight Air Services
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IATA ICAO Call sign
FEIHO748
Founded1994
AOC # 118
Hubs Wilson Airport
Secondary hubs Juba International Airport
Focus cities Juba, Lokichogio
Fleet size12
Destinations78
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
Key peopleAhmed Jibril
Employees150-250
Website www.748airservicesltd.com

Seven Four Eight Air Services, also known doing business as 748 Air Services is a charter airline operating in the passenger and cargo business. Its head office is in Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. [1]

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History

The airline was established in 1995 by Ahmed Rashid Jibril, its first managing director. Its first aircraft was a Hawker Siddeley 748 giving also the name of the company. The aircraft was used on a charter basis for relief and humanitarian organizations operating in remote areas of Sudan, currently what is South Sudan, Somalia, East Africa and Central Africa.

The airline grew over the years and as of 2019 operated twelve aircraft. [2]

Fleet

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748 Air Services DHC-8-100 at Lokichogio Airport, 2009

As of August 2025 748 Air Services operates the following aircraft: [3]

748 Air Services Fleet
AircraftIn
Service
OrdersPassengersNotes
Bombardier Dash 8-100 537
Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 778
Total12

Previously operated

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. "Contact Us Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine ." 748 Air Services. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.
  2. "748 Air Services: Director". 748airservicesltd.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - 748 Air Services". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 64.
  4. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 18.
  5. "3C-KKB Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  6. "Accident description". The Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  7. "Accident description". The Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  8. "Accident: 748 Air Services A748 at Bentiu on Feb 17th 2014, runway excursion". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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