In another life, this man would probably be a botanist. It helps that Moses grew up in the eastern fringes of Aberdare Forest.
Nine years ago, he joined Fly748 when the airline had only five planes. He would go on a lavish collection of jets, pushing the number to the current 16. He is going for more.
His role involves extensive travel across the continent to oversee the airline’s nearly 400 employees.
748 Air Services managing director Moses Mwangi during the interview at his Nairobi home on March 1, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG Moses Mwangi, the managing director of Fly748, has at his home what could only be called a super garden. So green and dense it is, that it evokes the sensation of a tropical rainforest —it is hard to imagine it was planted. In truth, though, this is a 20-year project that has cost patience, consistency and lots of money.
In another life, this man would probably be a botanist. It helps that Moses grew up in the eastern fringes of Aberdare Forest.
“My dad knew a great deal about trees. He would take me for walks in the forest and teach me about different species. But I have also learnt about many of them on my own,” he says as we settle down for the interview.
I am here to talk about the aviation industry where he has dedicated 26 years of his life in a career spanning 40 years. He believes in outdoing himself. He started his career as a brewer for the now-defunct Umoja Breweries before serving as managing director at Car & General at 32.
Nine years ago, he joined Fly748 when the airline had only five planes. He would go on a lavish collection of jets, pushing the number to the current 16. He is going for more.
“We are doing well in humanitarian aviation. Now I want to establish the business as a leader in the area of scheduled flights.”
His role involves extensive travel across the continent to oversee the airline’s nearly 400 employees.
He starts his day at 4 am on the treadmill for 45 minutes or on the road for nine kilometres for five days every week. By 6.30 am, he is in the office in time for his first engagement at 7 am of the day: meeting the director of flight operations, heads of safety and quality and engineers […]
