Airline Image  IATA    ICAO    Callsign   Commenced Ceased Notes  Aero Air Service   2009 2009 Operated Beech Baron , Cessna 172 , Cessna 206 , Cessna 208 , DHC-6 Twin Otters   [2]    Aero Kenya   1997 2010 Operated Beech 1900   [3]    African Air Cars   1946 1949 Founded by Ralph Blair Whitehead. Operated Avro Anson , Percival Proctor   [4]    African Airlines International     SY AIK AFRICAN AIRLINES 1987 2003 Operated Antonov An-32 ,  Boeing 707-321C   [5]    African Cargo Airways   EAI 1990 1996 Operated Lockheed L-100 Hercules   [6]    African Cargo Services Ltd   ACB AFRICARGO 1975 1978 Operated Bristol Britannia   [7]    African Commuter Services   1996 2003 Operated Gulfstream I , HS 748   [8]    African Safari Airways     A2 QSC ZEBRA 1967 2008  Afrika Aviation   FRK AFRIFAST 2000 2005  [9]   Air Al-Faraj   1997 1998 Operated Beech 1900   [10]    Air East Africa   1993 1996 Operated Boeing 727   [11]    Air Flamingo   1964 1965 Operated Cessna 150 , Cessna 180 , Cessna 206   [12]    Air Kenya   QP 1970 1987 Merged with Sunbird  to form Airkenya Aviation . Operated Douglas C-47 , DHC-6 Twin Otters , Cessna Caravan   [13]    Airkenya Aviation   QP SAL 1987 2007 Renamed to Airkenya Express . Operated Douglas C-47 , DHC-6 Twin Otters   [14]    Airstream Kenya   2011 2015 Operated HS 748   [15]    Amphibians   1978 1978 Operated Britten-Norman Trislander   [16]    Autair Helicopters   1964 1970 Subsidiary of Autair   [17]    Avonair   1964 1968 Operated Cessna 206   [18]    Branton Air Service   1993 1997 Operated Douglas DC-3   [19]    Britex Air Services   2017 2017 Operated Embraer Brasilia   [20]    British East Africa Airways   1964 1965 Operated Lockheed L-049 Constellation   [21]    Campling Bros. & Vanderwal   1946 1964 Operated Beech Baron , Cessna 182 , Cessna 210 , Macchi MB.320 , de Havilland Moth Minor   [22]    Caspair   QP SAL SUNBIRD 1946 1979 Renamed to Sunbird Aviation . Operated Douglas C-47 , de Havilland Dragon Rapide , DHC-6 Twin Otters , BN-2 Islander   [23]    CMC Aviation   1961 2011 Rebranded as DAC East Africa    CHS Aviation   1990 1998 Rebranded East African Safari Air   [24]    Clairways   1947 1953 Operated Avro Anson   [25]    Coast Air   CQA COASTAIR   ?  ? [26]   Cooper Skybird Aircharters   SKY 1980s 1980s Operated Britten-Norman Trislander   [27]    DAS Air Cargo   DAZ DASAIR 1983 2007 Operated Boeing 707 , Douglas DC-10   [28]    Delta Connection   Z9 DCP NILECAT 2004 2010 Rebranded D-Connection    Eagle Aviation   Y4 EQA MAGNUM 1986 2003 Merged into East African Express . Operated ATR 42 , Boeing 737 , DHC-6 Twin Otters , Fokker F28 , Let Turbolet   [29]    East African   S9 HAS 1989 2004 Eagle Aviation (Kenya) (1986-2003) merged into East African  East African Air Charters   2004 2008  [30]   East African Airways     EC EC EASTAF 1945 1977  East African Safari Air Express     B5 EXZ DUMA 2002 2012 Rebranded as Fly SAX  East Coast Airlines   ECK EAST COAST 1980s 1980s Operated Boeing 757   [31]    Equator Airlines   3P PKA EQUATOR 1990 1999 Renamed to African Express Airways   [32]    Falcon Air Charters   1990 1999 To ALS – Aircraft Leasing Services . Operated Beech 1900   [33]    Fast Airways   TFS FAST TRANSPORT 1997 2000  [34]   Flamingo Airlines   F7 KFL NAKURU 2000 2009 Launched by Kenya Airways  and branded Kenya Flamingo Airlines . Absorbed by Kenya Airways . Operated Saab 340   [35]    Fly County Airlines   2015 2017  [36]   Fly SAX   B5 EXZ DUMA 2012 2019 Renamed to EastAfrican  [  citation needed  ]   Freight Air Service Transport   TFS FAST TRANSPORT 1997 2000 Operated Boeing 747   [37]    Global Star Airlines   1997 1999 Operated Boeing 727 , Douglas DC-3   [38]    Gulf Falcon Air Services   AKF AFRICAN FALCON 2000 2000 Operated Boeing 747  [  citation needed  ]   Ibis Aviation   1997 1998 Operated Beech Super King Air , Cessna Titan   [39]    Imatong Airlines   IAL IMATONG 2005 2014  JetLink Express   J0 JLX KEN JET 2006 2012  Kaskazi Aviation   2001 2006  [40]   Kencargo Airlines International   KEN JET 2001 2004  Kenya Air Charters   KB KENCHARTER 1978 1979  [41]   Kenya Aircraft Company   1925 1929  [42]   Kenya Flamingo Airways   F7 KFL 1978 2000 Rebranded as Flamingo Airlines . Operated Saab 340   [43]    Lennox Airlines   LAK 1986 2000 Operated Boeing 707-320   [44]    Malindi Air Services   1977 1999 Operated Let Turbolet   [45]    Mombasa Air Services    Noon and Pearce Air Charters   1946 1955  [46]   North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company   1926 1927 Airmail services [47]    OneJetOne Airways   OJO OHJOH 2009 2010  Pharazyn Air Charters   1955 1963 Operated Beech Bonanza , Piper Pacer   [48]    Pioneer Airlines   1979 1987 Renamed to African Express Airways   [49]    Prestige Air Services   1985 2009  [50]   Rapid Air   1970 1974 Renamed to Mombasa Air Safari   [51]    Regional Air   QT RAW BLUERAY 2000 2005  Relief Air Transport   1993 1996 Flew humanitarian aid for the UN . Operated Curtiss C-46   [52]    Ribway Cargo Airlines   2014 2016 Operated Douglas DC-8-70   [53]    Ross Air   2001 2006  [54]   Silverstone Air   K5 SLR SILVERSTONE 2017 2019  Simba Air Cargo   SRE SIMBAIR 1995 2001 Operated Boeing 707 , HS 748   [55]    Simbair   1971 1977 Subsidiary of East African Airways   [56]    Sincereways Kenya   1996 1998 Operated  Douglas DC-6B   [57]    Sky Aero   5F 2014 2014  Sky Bird Air Safaris   2002 2004 Subsidiary of ALS  merged in [58]    Sky Relief Services   2000s 2010s Operated Fokker F27 , DHC-5 Buffalo   [59]    Skyward International Aviation   OE SEW 2010 2014 To Skyward Express   [60]    Skyways   1948 1951  [61]   Skyways Airlines   1996 2005  [62]   Skyways Kenya   1996 2001 Operated Gulfstream I   [63]    SouthEast Airlines   2014 2015 Operated Douglas DC-9-30   [64]    Stridestar International Airlines   1985 1986  [65]   Sunbird Aviation     1987 Merged with Air Kenya  to form Airkenya Express    Sunbird Charters   1968 1979  [66]   Superior Aviation   2004 2008  [67]   Ticair Charters   1968 1975  [68]   Trackmark Cargo   1989 2009 Operated HS 748   [69]    Tristar Air   2018 2019 Operated Fokker 50 , Beech King Air , Cessna Caravan   [70]    Ukunda Airways   1988 1990 Operated Dornier 228   [71]    Western Airways   1998 2004 Established as Western Kenya Air Charters   [72]    Wilkenair   1960 1970 Established ad Caspair   [73]    Wilson Air   1933 1936  [74]   Wilson Airways   1929 1939 Founded by Florence Kerr Wilson, Thomas Campbell-Black and Archibald W. Watkins. Operated DH.60G Gipsy Moth , Avro 619 Five   [75]    ZB Air   ZBA 1963 2006 Operated Cessna 402