Kenya Airways Boeing 787-8 Kenyan regional low-cost airline Jambojet (JM, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ) has launched charter operations to diversify revenue streams amid low scheduled traffic demand because of COVID-19.
The Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ) subsidiary is using only 55% of its scheduled capacity and only five of its fleet of six Dash 8-400 s, leaving it with spare capacity for charter services, local media reports. Jambojet reportedly lost 80% of its revenues or an estimated KES1.2 billion Kenyan shilling (USD11 million) from the suspension of passenger flights during the country’s lockdown between March and mid-July 2020.
Managing Director Karanja Ndegwa said in a statement the new charter service would cater to changing consumer demands. “Consumers now, more than ever, want privacy, convenience, and their safety and well-being assured.” Accommodating 78 passengers per flight depending on the route, the airline is targeting business travellers, families, and groups; as well as corporates, missions, and humanitarian organisations.
Jambojet has been operating scheduled domestic flights since 2014. It expanded to Uganda and Rwanda in February 2017 and November 2019…
Tanzania has lifted a ban on Kenyan airlines after Kenya announced it would no longer impose a mandatory 14-day COVID-19 quarantine on Tanzanian citizens.
In a conciliatory move following a diplomatic row between the two East African countries, Kenya on September 15 included Tanzania in a list of 147 countries whose citizens are now exempt from mandatory quarantine when entering the country.
Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hamza Johari, in response on September 16, announced “the resumption and restoration of all flights for all Kenyan operators with immediate effect”, in particular mentioning Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ), Fly540 (5H, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ), Safarilink Aviation (F2, Nairobi Wilson ), and Airkenya (P2, Nairobi Wilson ). Hamza said the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority had been notified, adding the TCAA “shall always strive to adhere to the fundamental principles of Chicago Convention 1944 and the bilateral air service agreement between the two states”.
The diplomatic spat between the two countries started earlier this year when Kenya blocked Tanzanian truck drivers from entering…
The renationalisation of Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ) has been put on ice to allow for a fresh round of public debate.
Kenya’s parliament has delayed the country’s National Aviation Management bill, 2020, the law that is to return the loss-making national airline to state ownership. Further public discussion is to take place after […]
