JetLink Express. JO. JLX

Kenya

Eldoret - Eldoret International Airport
Kisumu - Kisumu Airport
Mombasa - Moi International Airport
Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport hub

South Sudan

Juba - Juba Airport

Tanzania

Mwanza - Mwanza Airport

Kenyan carrier Jetlink Express (J0) suspended all scheduled flights Nov. 16 after its creditors cut off funding.

In a statement, J0 said it has over $2 million in revenues in South Sudan, mainly in Sudanese pounds, although is unable to access this cash because of a scarcity of foreign currency in South Sudan. The airline’s credit lines in Kenya were based on these revenues.

“Unfortunately, our Kenyan bankers have recently advised us that they will no longer be able to grant us any further accommodation against our increasing deposited sales in Sudan citing currency and cross-border risk considerations,” J0 CEO Elly Aluvale said in a statement.

“This has left us in a situation where we are unable to meet our short-term obligations as they fall due, particularly our fuel bill which constitutes close to 40% of our operating costs.”

The airline has approached the governments of Kenya and South Sudan to find a “quick solution to what we hope is a temporary problem”.

J0 started operations in 2004. It employs 350 staff and operates a fleet of eight Bombardier CRJs.