A passengers alighting from a Jambo Jet. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Jambojet is set to start flights to Tanzania and Uganda from February next year.
The flights will kick off its regional expansion plan designed to see the low-cost carrier fly to 16 new routes.
According to Transport Ministry, the operator which is owned by Kenya Airway has already applied for a license.
Jambojet was in May granted regulatory approval to fly to 16 routes including Entebbe, Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Kigali, Juba, Bujumbura, Hargeisa, Mogadishu, Goma, Kisangani and Moroni.
“The government has applied for designations on our behalf to allow us operate on six regional routes,” Willem Hondius, Jambojet’s chief executive, told the Business Daily in an interview.
“For now, the application covers Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of Congo. However, we intend to begin by flying to Tanzania and Uganda.”
Jambojet also plans to start flying to Wajir by next February.