Founded by Christian Strebel, an aircraft engineer and airline transport pilot. Christian holds a flight instructor licence and oversees the training of the
Yellow Wings pilots personally. He started flying in East Africa in 1987 with his
Piper Super Cub, across all bush airfields and airports.
Piper Supercub
Incorporating Yellow Wings Air Services in 1996 and receiving the first Air Operators Certificate with the 2 seater SuperCub in 1998, Christian was initially flying sales people of agro-chemical companies to remote farms and businesses in Kenya. This soon evolved into a charter and passenger transport service with flights across a much larger region.
In April 1998, Yellow Wings acquired a 4 seater C182 and in 2003 went on to acquire its first of two, piston powered C206 aircraft.
With a fleet of 4 piston aeroplanes from 2-6 seaters, Yellow Wings spread its wings and expanded into the expansive commuter market.
In 2010, the company ventured into turbine engine operations, acquiring its first Cessna 208 Grand Caravan brand new from the factory.
The venture was such a success, that in 2011 Yellow Wings added a second Cessna Caravan a third in 2019. They have just added their fourth in 2023. Yellow Wings now operate 4 Cessna Caravan turbine aircraft and no longer operate any piston aircraft.
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a short-haul regional aircraft that is built in the United States by Cessna. These are a modern fleet of Turbine powered aeroplanes with the latest state of the art instrumentation giving Yellow Wings the highest level of operational reliability.
The Fleet today
4 x Cessna Caravans
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Aircraft
2 x Cessna 208B
2 x Cessna 208B EX -
Capacity
14 Seats in total
12 passengers with 2 pilots -
Instruments
Weather Radar
Auto Pilot
Synthetic Vision
In built airfield and terrain database -
Speed
150kts (280kph)
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Endurance
6.9 Hours
