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Low-cost carrier Jambojet has introduced charter flight services as
part of a strategy to minimise the impact of Covid-19 on its business
operations.
The airline, which is a subsidiary of Kenya Airways, on Tuesday said it had launched the service to make use of aircraft lying idle since resumption of flights in July.
Jambojet will dedicate one plane for the service out of the total six.
The service will be available in Kenya and across the region.
“We are targeting to fly about five times on a weekly basis on the ad hoc frequencies, but this will be mainly based on demand,” said Karanja Ndegwa, the airline’s acting managing director.
Mr Ndegwa said the product will target corporates, families and individuals with a need to fly to different places but who prefer to not use regular scheduled flights.
The low-cost carrier is betting on the service to boost its
operations which were hit hard by Covid-19 measures such as stoppage of
air transport, reducing its capacity to 55 per cent.
“When we resumed, we started operating with 30 per cent capacity. We are hoping that by next week we will be operating at 60 per cent because demand has been growing continuously,” Mr Karanja said during the announcement today.
Costs of the chartered flights will depend on where customers are going, distance and government levies especially when flying outside the Kenyan border.
The airline reckons it would rather put its idle aircraft to different use than fly all of them while mostly empty.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, Jambojet lost about Sh1.2 billion in revenues, and is eager to make use of every available opportunity to recover.
The airline, however, has not resumed its international routes
to Entebbe and Kigali due to restrictions by the respective governments.
Titus Oboogi, the airline’s head of marketing, said the earliest they hope to resume the two destinations is next year or 2022.
The airline, which is a subsidiary of Kenya Airways, on Tuesday said it had launched the service to make use of aircraft lying idle since resumption of flights in July.
The service will be available in Kenya and across the region.
“We are targeting to fly about five times on a weekly basis on the ad hoc frequencies, but this will be mainly based on demand,” said Karanja Ndegwa, the airline’s acting managing director.
Mr Ndegwa said the product will target corporates, families and individuals with a need to fly to different places but who prefer to not use regular scheduled flights.
“When we resumed, we started operating with 30 per cent capacity. We are hoping that by next week we will be operating at 60 per cent because demand has been growing continuously,” Mr Karanja said during the announcement today.
Costs of the chartered flights will depend on where customers are going, distance and government levies especially when flying outside the Kenyan border.
The airline reckons it would rather put its idle aircraft to different use than fly all of them while mostly empty.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, Jambojet lost about Sh1.2 billion in revenues, and is eager to make use of every available opportunity to recover.
Titus Oboogi, the airline’s head of marketing, said the earliest they hope to resume the two destinations is next year or 2022.
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