Nairobi — Jambo Jet Airline has assured their customers of no increase in flight fares due to the ongoing war between Israel and Iran.
The airline's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Karanja Ndegwa, says the war will have a huge impact on fuel prices.
Ndegwa says at the start of the war, the price of a barrel of fuel shot up by 10 USD.
"We have seen the barrel jump from 63 USD to 73 USD," he said.
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However, Ndegwa says the airline will not increase the flight fares but wait to monitor how the war progresses.
He says the fuel prices are volatile as they continue to fluctuate day by day, making it difficult to increase the cost of traveling.
"We will wait, because it is quite volatile, it goes out to 70-76 USD but the following week it comes down to 69 USD," he said.
Ndegwa says the airline will relook at its flight prices if the barrel hits 100 USD.
Speaking to the press in Kisumu on Friday during a round table meeting with the media, the CEO said its flight cost will be adjusted only if it is not sustainable owing to the high cost of world fuel prices.
Ndegwa further announced that the airline is increasing its fleet from the current 8 to 9 as they acquire a brand-new De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q-400.
He says the new flight will now mean an increase in flight frequencies on their Kisumu-Nairobi-Mombasa routes.
"Kisumu is our biggest market and we will increase the frequencies from 6 to 7," he said.
