The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has granted various air service licenses to 32 airlines out of 34 which had made applications earlier this year.
Tanzanian Air Services Limited which operates Tanzanair has been granted a two year licenses to operate international non-scheduled air service for passenger, cargo and mail between designated entry and exit points in Tanzania and Kenya with effect from February 12, 2026.
The Tanzanian carrier will be operating three aircrafts from its hub in Dar es Salaam.
Six Tanzanian air operators had made license application requests for various international non-scheduled air service for cargo and passengers.
Saudi Arabia’s first flag carrier, Saudia, which had submitted application for international non-scheduled air service license for cargo on twelve routes was only granted a licence for one route, Jeddah-Nairobi-Moscow and locked out of routes linking Nairobi to the rest of Africa.
“Licence granted for two years with effect from 14th January, 2026 without traffic rights between Johannesburg/
Addis Ababa/ Dar es Salaam/ N’djamena/Lagos/Kano/ Khartoum/ Niamey/Entebbe/Eldoret and Nairobi,” said Nicholas Bodo, KCAA Acting Director General through a gazette notice.
Jambojet has also been granted a one year license with effect from July 29, 2026, international non- scheduled air service for passenger, cargo and mail to and from points in Africa and the rest of the world from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Moi International Airport.
Freedom Airline Express Limited received a boost after KCAA granted it a three year licence to operate domestic air services for passenger, cargo and mail on 20 routes with effect from April 26, 2026.
The airline has also bee granted a one year licence with effect from July 29 2026 to operate international non-scheduled air service for passenger, cargo and mail to and from points in Africa and the rest of the world.
Aerospace Consortium Limited was however dealt a blow after the authority failed to grant it license to operate passenger, cargo and mail air services on 15 out of 16 international and domestic routes.
The airline was only granted a one year licence to operate cargo and mail services between JKIA and Juba effective July 29, 2026.
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