Jambojet Expands Its Wings: What the New Routes & Fleet Growth Mean for Travelers

Jambojet Expands Its Wings: What the New Routes & Fleet Growth Mean for Travelers

Jambojet — Kenya’s award-winning low-cost airline — is gearing up for its most ambitious expansion yet. The carrier has announced plans to triple its fleet over the next five years, acquire new aircraft in the short term, and extend its footprint beyond domestic borders into West Africa, Southern Africa, and North Africa.

For Kenyan travelers, tourism companies, and SMEs alike, this marks a major shift in affordability, convenience, and route flexibility.

What’s Changing?
More Aircraft, More Capacity

Jambojet has already increased its operating fleet to nine Dash 8-400 aircraft, with more additions expected by the end of the year. The goal? To add two aircraft in the next 12 months and steadily triple the fleet size within five years.

With more aircraft in rotation, travelers can expect:

• More flight frequency on busy domestic routes
• Improved reliability and reduced overbooking
• Increased seat availability during peak seasons

New African Routes on the Horizon

The airline is preparing to expand beyond Kenya’s borders, targeting:

• West Africa
• Southern Africa
• North Africa

While launch dates and specific cities will be confirmed in phases, this development positions Jambojet as a serious competitor in Africa’s low-cost regional travel market.

What This Means for Travelers

Whether you're traveling for business, leisure, or student tours, these changes introduce meaningful advantages:

| Benefit                      | What It Means                                          |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Lower fares                  | More competition → better pricing for regional flights |
| Greater flexibility          | More flight timings and frequency                      |
| New African destinations     | Better connectivity for holidays, conferences & SMEs   |
| Improved booking convenience | More seats and better flight distribution              |

Impact on Kenya’s Tourism & Business Travel

Jambojet’s expansion aligns with Kenya’s growing status as an East African aviation and tourism hub.
More flights in and out of the country will:

• Support domestic tourism (Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Malindi, Diani, Lamu)
• Strengthen regional trade and business connectivity
• Enable cost-saving group travel and leisure packages
• Offer budget-friendly alternatives to full-service airlines for regional routes

For the travel industry, this also means increased opportunity to create new holiday packages, school tours, business travel bundles, and conference travel plans using the expanded Jambojet network.

What to Look Out For

As Jambojet rolls out its expansion, travelers should keep an eye on:

• Official announcement of new regional routes
• Launch promotions and introductory fares
• Seasonal timetable upgrades for popular destinations
• Increased flights during school holidays and festive periods

When new routes go live, early bookings will offer huge value — especially for families and group travel.

Jambojet’s bold expansion signals a new chapter in African air travel — one that champions accessibility, regional integration, and affordable flying.

As more aircraft join the fleet and new destinations open up, travelers will enjoy more choices, lower costs, and easier movement across the continent.

For those planning holidays, corporate travel, school trips, or NGO missions — this is the perfect time to start exploring itineraries built around Kenya’s fastest-growing airline.