What it took Jambojet crew to land new Bombardier aircraft in Nairobi

Jambojet Chief Executive Willem Hondius, former Kenya Airways CEO Mbuvi Ngunze, Captain Michael Kwinga, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Director of Aviation Safety Captain Tom Ogenche and Senior Deputy Director in charge of Aviation, Ministry of Transport, Nicholas Bodo during the unveiling of the Dash 8-Q400, in Nairobi. [Photo: Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

It would seem the easiest way to transport a new plane from one point to another is to just fly it.

But this may prove quite a task if the plane you are transporting is a short-range type and is not a helicopter, which can be sent home in parts to be assembled when all the pieces arrive.