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748 Air Services Ltd

748 Air Services is a Kenyan airline flying passenger and cargo services to remote destinations across Africa from Nairobi.

About 748 Air Services

748 Air Services (K) Ltd is a passenger and cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya. It holds an Air Operator Certificate and an embedded aircraft maintenance organization. The site says both are authorized by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. The office is on Airport North Road in Embakasi, Nairobi.

The company was launched more than 25 years ago in Lokichogio, in northwest Kenya. It began to support UN relief flights during the Second Sudanese Civil War. The first aircraft was a Hawker Siddeley 748, which gave the company its name. The company says it has grown from a single plane cargo operation into a passenger and cargo service.

The site says the company now flies from Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Niger and Chad. Cities named include Nairobi, Mogadishu, Entebbe, Juba, Goma, Kinshasa, Bangui, Niamey and N'Djamena. The site lists these as the places it operates from.

The airline offers scheduled passenger and cargo services. It serves the humanitarian sector, the natural resource sector and government institutions. The site says its cargo service delivers goods to remote destinations. The site describes the company as an airline with a camp in Lokichoggio.

The stated vision is to provide scheduled passenger and cargo services to the humanitarian and natural resource sectors in Africa. The stated mission is to connect people with every flight and to support peace and the end of hunger in Africa.

The site lists a quality and safety policy, environmental commitments, a team page and a camp at Lokichoggio. Company values include quality and safety, sustainability, teamwork and client success. The contact page lists office lines in Nairobi and Lokichoggio, a bookings line, a sales email and an office in Toronto, Canada. The site also lists its Instagram, X, YouTube and Facebook pages.

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