Who owns Jambojet?
Jambojet is owned by Kenya Airways (Kenya, NSE (Nairobi): KQ).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kenya Airways Plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025, 31 December 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kenya Airways Plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇪 Kenya, Nairobi
- Origin
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- NSE (Nairobi): KQ
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jambojet
Jambojet Limited is a Kenyan low-cost airline that the Kenya Airways Plc 2025 annual report lists as a subsidiary in which the company holds 100% of the equity, with the activity described as local passenger air transport. The same report says the investment is carried at nil after a full impairment of KShs 606 million, and one executive biography in it describes Flamingo Airlines as now JamboJet.
Ownership timeline of Jambojet
- Current owner Kenya Airways [1] reported
Where Jambojet sits in Kenya Airways
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; Kenya Airways has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways is a publicly listed company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE (Nairobi): KQ.
Kenya's national airline group, a limited liability company incorporated in Kenya under the Companies Act 2015. Its 2025 annual report says its shares are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange and the Uganda Securities Exchange, and that the Government of Kenya is a major lender and supporter of the group. The group operated to 47 destinations at the end of 2025. Its other subsidiaries (African Cargo Handling, Kenya Airfreight Handling, Fahari Aviation, and the dormant Kencargo Airlines International) are not operating airlines.
Kenya Airways: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇪 Jambojet and other Kenyan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 51 brands that began in Kenya. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Jambojet is not one of them.
- AirKenya — AirKenya 🇰🇪
- Elewana Collection — Minor International 🇹🇭
- Kenya Ports Authority — KPA 🇰🇪
- Mombasa Air Safari — Mombasa Air Safari 🇰🇪
- Safarilink — Safarilink 🇰🇪
- Skyward Airlines — Skyward Airlines 🇰🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jambojet?
The parent company of Jambojet is Kenya Airways, a publicly listed company headquartered in Kenya.
Is Jambojet Kenyan?
Yes. Jambojet originated in Kenya and its owner, Kenya Airways, is also headquartered in Kenya.
Is Jambojet still owned by Kenya Airways?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Jambojet is still owned by Kenya Airways. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Kenya Airways Plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025 — Kenya Airways Plc, Annual report, published 31 December 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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