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Fly540, Kenya’s low cost airline, started twice daily service between Nairobi, Kenya and Entebbe, Uganda today. Flights are operated using ATR 42-320 aircraft.

5H421 NBO - EBB: 640 - 755
5H422 EBB - NBO: 840 - 955

5H419 NBO - EBB: 1600 - 1715
5H420 EBB - NBO: 1840 - 1955

Fly540, Kenya’s first low cost airline, inaugurated daily service between its Nairobi base and Juba, Sudan. Flights are operated using ATR 42-320 aircraft.

Fly540’s parent company has signed a MOU with ATR for eight 66-seat ATR 72-500s, with delivery beginning this year and continuing into 2009.

The Times reports that Lohnro, 49% stake holder of Kenya-based Fly540, has acquired three BAe 146 aircraft for use by the airline which intends to expand services across sub-saharan Africa. The airline was recently granted ‘partial international designation’ rights by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority with authorization to operate to Southern Sudan and the DRC.

Fly540, Kenya’s new low cost carrier, started service between Nairobi and Mombasa on Saturday with three flights per day operated using ATR42 aircraft. Flights leave Nairobi at 0840, 1240 and 1740, with the returns from Mombasa departing at 1040, 1440 and 1940.

The airline plans to start service to Juba, Malindi and Lamu, with announcements expected shortly.

Five Forty Aviation Ltd (aka “Fly540″) is a new “low cost” airline established in Kenya aiming to start operations within two months. The airline intends to enter the busy Nairobi - Mombasa route first, followed by the launch of international services into the East African region with a minimum of four new destinations.