As the airline grew by acquisition into the nation's fifth largest, the system strained to keep up.

By January 1940 the airline had grown to about 500 employees.

Like the major carriers, the bigger regional airlines grew by buying larger planes.

During the 1990s, the airline grew a network of scheduled domestic flights.

Since then the airline has grown without foreign help and with the blessing, but not the direct subsidy, of the Government.

The entrepreneurial spirit may be hard to maintain, particularly as the airline grows.

The airline has grown without foreign assistance or direct subsidies from the Government.

Over the next two years, the airline grew, as did its public visibility.

In Europe, low-cost airlines are growing even faster and struggling to maintain success.

The airline grew into a comprehensive air carrier across Kenya.