Fly 540 Africa

Flying between Entebbe and Nairobi is now getting much easier than it used to be just a couple of years ago when there were only a few options. For many years, this route was dominated by just a few airlines, with Kenya Airways and RwandAir taking the lion’s share.

But in the recent past, Etihad, KLM, African Express Airways and Fly-Sax have all joined the club, and now Jambojet – the low-cost carrier arm of Kenya Airways – is flying between Nairobi and Entebbe every day of the week.

“Jambojet will operate double daily flights with departures from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 09.10hrs and 17.30 hrs. The flight will depart Entebbe International Airport for Nairobi at 11.00 hrs and 19.20 hrs daily,” the airline said recently in a statement.

The airline’s inaugural flight to Uganda will land at Entebbe International Airport at 10:30am tomorrow, February 15, and Jambojet is using its recently acquired 78-seater turboprop Bombardier Next Gen Q400 for this new service.

Tomorrow’s flight – the start of a two-times-a-day service – represents the four-year-old carrier’s first service out of Kenya. Jambojet operates a relatively young fleet of four Dash 8 Q400 aircraft and has only been flying within Kenya, serving Eldoret, Kisumu, Malindi, Mombasa, Nairobi and Ukunda.

“We are delighted to launch a direct service to Entebbe, a much-anticipated addition to our network where we will offer frequent and new flyers even more affordable fares,” Willem Hondius, Jambojet’s top honcho, said recently in a statement. “This new route will connect businesses in Kenya and Uganda while also appealing to leisure travellers, offering them the opportunity to experience the ‘Pearl of Africa’.”

The airline says one-way tickets on the Entebbe-Nairobi route will start from $116.