Jambojet eyes more routes amid dollar shortage headwinds

Jambojet Acting Managing Director Karanja Ndegwa during the launch of the first Dash 8 Q400 simulator at Kenya Airways Pride Center. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Low-cost carrier, Jambojet has not been spared from the current difficult business environment compounded by the weakening of the Kenyan shilling against the US dollar amid a biting shortage of the greenback.

As a result, operating costs have gone up 12.4 per cent.