ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Air Passenger Service Charge Act
2. Interpretation
Edition: 2026-09-11 · In force
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"airline" means any undertaking whose business includes the carriage by air of passengers for hire or reward;"airport" means an airport gazetted by the Commissioner under section 9 of the Customs and Excise Act (Cap. 472);"charge" means the passenger service charge imposed under section 3;"chartered air flight" means a non-scheduled air flight which has been chartered by a person or a group of persons for use by the charterer or charterers between two or more places;"collection agent" means an officer, servant or agent of an airline;"Commissioner" means—"external journey" means a journey by an aircraft commencing at an airport and terminating at a destination outside Kenya, whether or not there is to be a break in such journey within Kenya;"internal journey" means a journey by an aircraft commencing at an airport and terminating at a destination within Kenya;"Kenya Revenue Authority" means the Authority by that name established under section 3 of the Kenya Revenue Authority Act (Cap. 469);"passenger" means any person who is about to board an aircraft which is owned, operated or managed by an airline, but does not include a member of the crew of that aircraft, or of another aircraft owned, operated or managed by the same airline, when on duty;"specified currency" means any convertible currency;"ticket" means a ticket purchased from a collection agent, by a person who intends to undertake an external or internal journey.