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What we compareAB AirlinesKenya Airways
Country in archiveUnited KingdomKenya
Founded1993January 22, 1977
Founder—Government of Kenya
HeadquartersLondon Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, United KingdomNairobi, Embakasi, KE
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the AB Airlines name.The airline is named for Kenya, the country whose government established it in 1977 as the national flag carrier. Its IATA code, KQ, is the basis for the tail symbol introduced in the 2005 livery, according to Wikipedia.
Highlights—Jomo Kenyatta International Airport hub, Boeing 787-8, Airbus A310-300
Earliest archived brand logo19931977
Latest archived logo19932007
Archived logo assets12

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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