For the Sudanese airline, see Blue Bird Aviation

Blue Bird Aviation

Blue Bird Aviation is a general aviation company based in Khartoum, Sudan. It operates regional air charter services in addition to maintenance and aircraft ground handling.-Fleet:...

Bluebird Aviation is a regional airline

Regional airline

Regional airlines are airlines that operate regional aircraft to provide passenger air service to communities without sufficient demand to attract mainline service...

 based in Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It was established in 1999 and operates regional charter services. Its main base is Wilson Airport, Nairobi.

Description

Bluebird Aviation Limited is a Kenyan aircharter company based at Wilson Airport, Nairobi. The company was incorporated in 1999 and operates scheduled, non-scheduled and adhoc air charter services within the East and Central African region with special emphasis on Eastern Africa. The company is a member of the Kenya Association of Air Operators, an umbrella body that champions the interests of aviation in Kenya.

Staff

The company has over 80 staff ranging from airline pilots, aircraft engineers, and finance managers to ground and air operations staff.

Fleet

The Bluebird Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2011):

• 1 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
  Beechcraft 1900
  The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner...
  
  
• 2 Beechcraft King Air 200
  Beechcraft Super King Air
  The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation . The King Air line comprises a number of model series that fall into two families: the Model 90 series, Model 100 series , Model 200 series and Model 300 series...
  
  
• 5 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
• 1 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
• 3 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
• 5 Fokker 50
• 1 Let L-410A
  L-410
  The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engined short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969 more than 1100 airframes have been produced.-Development:...
  
  
• 3 Let L-410UVP-E
  L-410
  The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engined short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969 more than 1100 airframes have been produced.-Development:...
  
  

Accidents and incidents

• 23 May 2004: Two Bluebird Aviation Let L-410 Turbolet planes hit each other inflight. One of the planes crashed into the ground, killing both two crew members (all on board), while the another landed safely.