Budget airline JamboJet will from April 1st launch with air fares of less than Ksh3,000 (one-way). The Ksh. 3,000 will include taxes but passengers will have to pay for extras like food and baggage.
JamboJet will initially operate in the Kisumu, Eldoret and Mombasa routes from Nairobi before venturing to Bujumbura, Kigali, Juba, Goma, Mwanza, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro and Addis Ababa in a year’s time.
JamboJet is a Kenya Airways subsidiary. JamboJet will be competing with JetLink and Fly540 who are also budget airlines.