B38M
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Our core narrow-body for regional and continental routes.
NBO · MBA — East Africa & beyond
The hive connecting Kenya to the world.
Hornet Airlines flies direct and connecting routes out of Nairobi and Mombasa, linking travellers across East, Central and Southern Africa through our Nairobi hub.
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Operating hubs — NBO / MBA
24/7
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1-stop
Connections built via our hub network
Route network
Where the hive flies.
Every destination below is pulled live from our flight schedule — search any of them, or an airport your admin has added, on the booking page.
NBONairobi
MBAMombasa
JNBJohannesburg
DLADouala
EBBEntebbe
DARDar es Salaam
ADDAddis Ababa
KISKisumu
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Built for the routes we fly.
E190
Embraer E190
Shorter regional hops between our Nairobi and Mombasa hubs.
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About Hornet
An airline built around two hives.
Founded to connect Kenya's coast to its capital and onward across the continent, Hornet Airlines operates a hub-and-spoke network anchored in Nairobi, with a second base in Mombasa. Every connection you search runs through that network.
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NBO
Nairobi — Jomo Kenyatta International
Primary hub. The majority of Hornet connections route through here — search any two cities on the booking page to see how they link up.