Silverstone Air Explained

Airline:Silverstone Air
Iata:K5
Icao:SLR
Callsign:SILVERSTONE
Headquarters:Wilson Airport
Founded:2017
Ceased:2020
Key People:Mohamed Somow
Managing Director
Owen Muigai
Owner
Bases:Wilson Airport
Focus Cities:Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu
Fleet Size:11[1]
Destinations:8
Website:Homepage

Silverstone Air Services Limited, trading as Silverstone Air, was a privately owned airline in Kenya, licensed by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority with an air operator's certificate.[2]

Location

The headquarters of Silverstone Air were located on the ground floor of Aerlink House, at Wilson Airport, in the south-western part of Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.[3] The geographical coordinates of the airline's headquarters are:1°19'23.0"S, 36°48'30.0"E (Latitude:-1.323056; Longitude:36.808333).

History

Silverstone Air was owned and operated by Kenyans. The airline was founded in 2017. It operated scheduled, charter and cargo flights inside Kenya. Scheduled flights were available to Kisumu, Mombasa, Lamu, Eldoret, Malindi, Lodwar, Ukunda.[4]

On 12 March 2020 the airline suspended all flights due to non-compliance problems.[5]

Destinations

From its hub in Nairobi Wilson Airport, the company operated scheduled services to destinations within Kenya. The airline also operated direct return flights to Mombasa from Kisumu International Airport.[4]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
KenyaEldoretEldoret International Airport - [6]
KenyaKisumuKisumu International Airport[7]
KenyaLamuLamu Airport -
KenyaLodwarLodwar Airport -
KenyaMalindiMalindi Airport -
KenyaMombasaMombasa International Airport -
KenyaNairobiWilson Airport
KenyaUkundaUkunda Airport -

Fleet

As of September 2019, Silverstone Air operated the following aircraft:[8] [9]

+ Silverstone AirAircraftIn fleetOrderPassengersNotes
Bombardier CRJ 100ER(F)10
Bombardier Dash 8-1002037
Bombardier Dash 8-3003050
Fokker 503050
Fokker 50F20
Total110

Incidents and accidents

In September 2020, a Silverstone Air Fokker 50 cargo plane crashed in Mogadishu, Somalia during landing. No fatalities were recorded. On 12 October 2019, a Silverstone Air Fokker 50 aircraft bound for Mombasa Airport, with continuing service to Lamu Airport, veered off the runway at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. While attempting to take off, with a total of 55 people on board, 50 passengers and five crew members, the aircraft veered off the runway and crashed through the fence, coming to rest in the brush. Nine people on board were injured and the aircraft was damaged.[10]

On 28 October 2019, a Dash 8-300, registration 5Y-BWG, operated by Silverstone Air, lost its rear-right wheel assembly on take-off from Lodwar Airport, with four passengers and five crew members on board. Originally destined for Wilson Airport in Nairobi, the flight was diverted to Eldoret International Airport, where it made a safe emergency landing. The detached wheel assembly was recovered by the public outside Lodwar Airport, in Turkana County.[11] [12]

As a result of a safety audit by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority following these two accidents, the airline was ordered on 12 November 2019 by the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority to suspend operations with the Dash 8 for seven days.[13]

On 19 September, a Fokker 50 (5Y-MHT) after take-off at Mogadishu, the aircraft returned to the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu for an emergency landing. During that landing, the aircraft veered off the runway and impacted a perimeter wall.[14] [15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 25 August 2019 . Silverstone Expands Plane Fleet . 26 August 2019 . . Brian Ngugi . Nairobi.
  2. Web site: 2019 . . Kenya Airports Authority . Silverstone Air Launches Kisumu – Mombasa Direct Flights . 3 June 2019 . Nairobi.
  3. Web site: Silverstone Air: Contact Information . 2019 . 3 June 2019 . Silverstone Air . Silverstone Air . Nairobi . 2 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602175308/https://silverstoneair.com/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Our Latest Flight Deals . Silverstone Air . 3 June 2019 . Silverstone Air . Nairobi . 2 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602175308/https://silverstoneair.com/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Kenyan airline's licence suspended . 13 November 2019 . Daily Southern & East African Tourism Update . 14 November 2019 . Daily S&EA Tourism Update . Johannesburg.
  6. Web site: Silverstone Air Begins Daily Flights To Eldoret . 2 June 2019 . . 3 June 2019 . Dennis Lubanga . Nairobi.
  7. Web site: Airline set to launch direct Kisumu-Mombasa flights . . 10 October 2017. 3 June 2019 . Charles Mwaniki . Nairobi.
  8. Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One) . Airliner World . October 2019 . 19.
  9. Web site: 2019 . Silverstone Ar Services Limited: Current Fleet . Planespotters.net . 3 June 2019 . Planespotters.
  10. Web site: News24.com . 12 October 2019 . Plane Veers Off Runway In Kenya, Leaving Some Injured . 9 November 2019 . Agence France-Presse . Agence France-Presse . Paris, France.
  11. Web site: 28 October 2019 . Midair Scare Forces Kenyan Plane To Make Emergency Landing . . 9 October 2019 . Daily Nation . Daily Nation . Nairobi.
  12. Web site: . Emergency landing as aircraft wheel comes off during take off at Kenya airport . 28 October 2019 . 9 November 2019 . Bukola Adebayo . Atlanta.
  13. Web site: Kaminski-Morrow . David . Silverstone ordered to suspend Dash 8 flights after audit . FlightGlobal . 12 November 2019 . 12 November 2019.
  14. News: landing at Mogadishu Airport, Somalia. 2020-09-20. 2020-09-21.
  15. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200919-0 Saturday 19 September 2020