Kenya Airways is the flag carrier and largest airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, and it started operations on February 4, 1977. It is based in Embakasi, Nairobi,with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. From there, it operates 46 scheduled services throughout Africa, Europe and Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, using a fleet of 29 airplanes.

Kenya Airways codeshares with KLM and Air France, giving passengers access to European destinations including Glasgow, Athens, Zurich, Birmingham, Manchester, Madrid, Berlin, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Rome,Copenhagen and Stockholm. The codeshare agreement meant that direct Kenya Airways services to the latter three were discontinued. Services to Seoul are provided via codeshare agreements with Korean Air. Kenya Airways commenced two new routes to Zimbabwe in addition to the daily flight to Harare from Nairobi.

As of June 2010, the Kenya Airways fleet consists of 29 aircraft:

Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 767-300ER, Boeing 777-200ER, Boeing 787-8, Embraer 190 and Embraer 170LR