Silverstone Air Services

Silverstone Air Services
IATA code :	K5
ICAO code :	SLR
Call sign :	SILVERSTONE
Founding:	2013
Seat:	Nairobi , Kenya
Home airport :	Nairobi Wilson International Airport
Management:	Mohamed Somow ( MD )
Fleet size:	7th
Aims:	national
Website:	www.silverstoneair.com

Silverstone Air Services (branded Silverstone Air ) is a Kenyan airline based in Nairobi and based at Nairobi Wilson International Airport . It was founded in 2013.

Destinations and fleet

Silverstone Air serves 9 different destinations within Kenya: Nairobi, Ukunda, Diani, Lamu , Kisumu , Mombasa , Lodwar , Masai Mara and Malindi.

As of October 2018, the Silverstone Air fleet consists of seven aircraft with an average age of 26 years:

Aircraft type	active	ordered	Remarks	Seats
De Havilland DHC-8-100	02		a machine inactive	37
De Havilland DHC-8-300	01		Delivery in October 2018
Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ100	01		inactive	73
Embraer 120	01		According to his own statement, not in the fleet	30th
Fokker 50	02			50
total	7th	-

Incidents

• On October 11, 2019, a Fokker 50 from Silverstone Air Services ( aircraft registration number 5Y-IZO ) rolled over the end of the runway by 300 meters when taking off at Nairobi-Wilson Airport and came to a standstill in muddy terrain between some trees. All 55 occupants, 5 crew members and 50 passengers survived the accident; 2 passengers were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ silverstone Air - destinations. Retrieved October 10, 2018 . 
2. ^ Silverstone Air Services - Fleet. ch-aviation . Retrieved October 9, 2018.
3. ↑ Kenya's Silverstone Air adds maiden Q300. ch-aviation, October 9, 2018.
4. ↑ Fleet. Silverstone Air Services. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
5. ^ Accident report Fokker 50 5Y-IZO , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 23, 2019.