East African Safari Air Express has resumed flights on some of its routes following suspension of its operations last month.
The Kenya-based airline, which shut down operations for about three weeks and sent workers on leave, is said to have given up two BAE 146s it acquired from South Africa following a disagreement.
Upon its brief withdrawal from the market, local airlines were quick to capture market share especially to Somalia where the East African has been a major player.
Jetlink launched a flight to Haregeisa, Somalia, filling the vacuum left.
It is on this route that the troubled airline has resumed flights.
Last month, the airline sent out a notice to workers and clients notifying them of the suspension.
Losing crew
Booked passengers were either transferred to other airlines or got ticket refunds.
The airline has been in business since 1998 and has scheduled flights to Kisumu, Lokichogio, Malindi, and Juba.
It is one of the small players in Kenya’s fast growing aviation market and has been aggressively rolling out new services.
Recently, however, the airline has seen passenger numbers on some routes drop even as it battled industry challenges such as loss of engineers and crew to rivals.
On the competitive Nairobi -Juba route, East African Safari Air’s passenger numbers dropped from 1,809 in January to 813 in October.
