Kenya Airways has put the Embraer E2 back on the table as it resets its regional fleet plan. Interim chief executive George Kamal says the aircraft looks good and is under active study, even after earlier signals that the carrier wanted to shrink its Embraer base.
The airline has 42 aircraft across the group, including Jambojet, and aims for 60 by 2030 and about 100 by 2035. That growth model also includes a 20% to 25% expansion in African capacity and the option of a second continental hub. Kenya Airways already flies nine E190s and operates Africa’s only Embraer maintenance centre, which strengthens the industrial case for the E2.
No order is committed. The next move will depend on fleet timing, capital access and the airline’s wider narrowbody and widebody constraints.