SKA International Group was founded in 2003 and prides itself as "doing difficult jobs in difficult places is what we do best!". As such, SKA operates and flies into hostile places like Iraq, Yemen and Somolia, to name a few. Built in 1979, 5X-IRE started its career with Avianca and SAM Colombia (as N202AV). Converted to a freighter in early 1995, DHL operated till September 2011 (as N741DH) before being sold to SKA in Africa (as ZS-IRE and 5X-IRE). Finally registered as 5Y-IRE with SAFE Air and w/o on March 31, 2024 during a landing accident at Malakal Airstrip, South Sudan.

Founded in 2001, Safe Air Company (S.A.C.) is a passenger and cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya, providing commercial and humanitarian air transport to clients in East, Central and South Africa, but also to the Middle East. Hence, Safe Air operates a small but divers fleet of aircraft, among them e.g. single engine Cessna 208 Caravan's, Fokker F50 and "heavier stuff" like this B727. The red sticker in front of the cabin door reads "Air Djibouti", suggesting the aircraft was subleased to - or operating on behalf of - the later. 5Y-GMA previosuly flew with Avianca as N200AV.

Ex 5X-IRE of Skylink Uganda. Sorry for the bad picture quality but photography in Kenya isn't that easy and the position of the aircraft didn't help.

Operated by Safe Air Company.