Okay, in a similar vibe to my Vancouver/Calgary, Manchester, Palma and Stockholm posts, thought I’d do one for Nairobi.
So this will begin with Local operators followed by Locals with types not in-game, then everything else around.
So to begin, Locals.
E170,
SF34,
B733,
B737,
B738,
B763,
B772,
B77W,
Air Astral (Still flying),
B734F (B734F is new to fleet as of 2024),
B722F (As far as I know, still flying),
Jambojet
DH8D,
B733,
Transafrican Air (Bust in 2026 as ATP support dropped by BAe),
B732C,
Also operated the BAe ATP but unpainted,
I-Fly Air (Still flying),
F70,
F50,
East African Safari Air (Bust in 2011 and purchased by Fly540),
B763,
B462,
DC91,
East African Express,
F28,
DC91,
Successor airline, Fly-SAX (After purchase by Fly540, bust in 2017 and rebranded),
DC91 (Still flying this up to 2018),
F28,
DH8A,
DH8C (The only image I could find haha),
B190C,
C208,
And the final rendition EastAfrican.com (Formed after the failure of Fly540),
DH8A,
DH8C,
B190D,
Jetlink (Bust in 2012),
CRJ2,
F28,
Bluebird Aviation (Still flying),
DH8D,
DH8DF,
F50,
Old livery, flown until 2010,
DH8A,
L410,
African Express Airways (Still flying),
DC93 (Retired as of October 2026. So long DC-9),
CRJ2,
MD82,
New livery (Not sure if AXN (second photo) wears it as AXL up at the top was parked in South Sudan and flattened by a runaway 727F in 2024 resulting in both being DBR, no injuries),
E120 (2 were flown, sadly the one below is the only one with photos and was shot down by the Ethiopian Army in 2020 killing all 6 on board),
Fly540 (Bust in 2017),
DH8A,
Weird Caribbean Star hybrid below,
DH8B,
DH8C,
CRJ1/CRJ2,
AT43,
Could also add their subsidiary aircraft,
AT72,
F50,
E170,
748 Air Services (Still flying),
DH8A,
DH8D,
AirKenya (Still flying),
DH8A,
DH8B,
DHC7 (Still flying this btw, photo from June 2026),
DHC6,
Freedom Airline Express (Still flying),
A320 (Currently leased out but still theirs),
F50,
CRJ2,
E120 (Photos are a bit illusive but 2 of these still operated),
Mombasa Air Safari (Still flying),
DH8A,
C208,
Safarilink Aviation (Still flying),
DH8A,
DH8B,
DH8C,
C208,
Skyward Airlines (Still flying, photos of the Dash’s and Fokker 50s are hard to find, these are old bar the DH8A - Planespotters),
F100,
F70 (Not yet got the titles on the fuselage),
F50,
DH8A,
DH8B,
DH8C,
So they’re the locals I knew of and were from Planespotters current list, now for other regional options,
Ethiopian’s Q400,
F50,
Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique,
E190,
B732,
B733,
B735,
B737,
F100,
EC Air,
B737,
Could make use of their old fleet 757 and 737-300 too,
Air Djibouti,
E145,
And their previous fleet,
B734,
F100,
B463,
F70,
Air Congo,
B738,
Camair-Co,
B737,
E195,
E190,
E145,
E135,
CAA,
A320,
A321,
A321F,
MD81/82,
F100,
B722F,
FlyCongo,
MD82,
Eritrean Airlines,
A319,
A320,
B733,
CEIBA,
B738,
Air Gabon,
B734,
B733,
B732,
F100,
Gabon Airlines,
B762,
Ghana International,
B752,
Gambia Bird (I believe it’s just in-range),
Air Malawi,
B732,
B733,
B735,
Rwandair Express,
DH8D,
MD82,
B735,
Uganda Airlines,
B738,
CRJ9,
Air Uganda,
MD87,
DC93,
CRJ2,
Air Tanzania,
DH8C,
DH8D,
BCS3,
A320,
B39M,
Precision Air,
AT45,
AT46,
AT75,
B733,
ASKY Airlines,
B738,
B38M,
B737,
Air Seychelles,
A320,
Air Madagascar,
B733,
B738,
South African Cargo,
B732F,
South African,
A319,
A320,
B732,
B738,
SA Express,
CRJ7,
FlySafair,
B738,
B734,
Lift,
A320,
B733,
B734,
Airlink,
E195,
E190,
E295,
Fastjet,
A319,
E190,
There are so many more too.
Potential additions,
Previous airlines which would open up bonus routes,
Cameroon Airlines with their spooky text,
B752,
F,
B733,
Possible Events,
KQA B737 Old Colours,
KQA B788 ‘Come Live the Magic!’,
Plus the Comet’s.
Again, these are just some examples, there’s so much around Nairobi which would be ace to see.