Jambojet (JM, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has been authorised to develop a secondary base in Mombasa after the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) granted the low-fare airline multiple domestic and international route authorities emanating from Kenya's second largest city.
According to a government gazette, Jambojet was awarded the following international sectors covering passenger, cargo, and mail rights:
- Mombasa/Kigali (Rwanda)/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Entebbe (Uganda)/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Addis Ababa International (Ethiopia)/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Zanzibar (Tanzania)/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Zanzibar/Dar es Salaam/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Dar es Salaam/Zanzibar/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Moroni International (Comoros)/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Moroni/Dzaoudzi (Mayotte)/Mombasa;
- Mombasa/Dzaoudzi/Moroni/Mombasa.
It was also granted the following domestic sectors covering passenger, cargo, and mail rights:
- Mombasa to/from Kisumu–Eldoret–Malindi–Lamu;
- Mombasa to/from Kisumu–Eldoret;
- Mombasa to/from Eldoret–Kisumu;
- Mombasa to/from Malindi–Lamu;
- Mombasa to/from Lamu–Malindi.
In addition, its existing Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta route portfolio has been expanded with the addition of the following sectors covering passenger, cargo, and mail rights:
- Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta to/from Lodwar;
- Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta to/from Eldoret–Lodwar–Eldoret;
- Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta to/from Isiolo;
- Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta to/from Eldoret–Kitale;
- Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta/Kigali/Bujumbura (Burundi)/Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta;
- Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta/Entebbe/Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo)/Entebbe/Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta.
It is uncertain if, let alone when, Jambojet will proceed with plans for a Mombasa base given the constrained COVID-19 travel market which has hit Kenya's tourism-dependent economy particularly hard.
Jambojet currently operates six DHC-8-Q400s on flights that connect Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta with Eldoret, Kisumu, Malindi, Mombasa, and Ukunda. It also connects Eldoret with Kisumu.
The Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) unit's acting chief executive officer, Karanja Ndegwa, told Kenya Business Daily newspaper that despite the country reopening its borders to scheduled international passenger traffic, Jambojet would not restart flights to Rwanda or Uganda just yet given strict healthcode regulations in effect in the two countries.
“We have not yet made a decision on when to resume international flights as the demand has remained low since the services resumed,” he said.
