Kenya Airways (KQ) has started direct flights from South Sudan capital Juba to Khartoum in Sudan as it eyes Africa expansion. The national carrier said the new flight will originate from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi flying to Khartoum via Juba and back to Nairobi every Wednesday and Sunday. The airline will […]

Kenya Airways has come into conflict with its pilots’ union regarding the speed at which it has asked crews to fly the Boeing 787 on a certain route. The measure on the Kenyan flag carrier’s Nairobi-Guangzhou route is designed to cut costs. However, the union has asserted that the plan, which also reduces the number […]

Kenya Airways planes at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi (file photo). A government policy that favours struggling national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) against its cheaper competitors to transport fresh produce to other countries continues to hurt other exporters. They have complained about the lack of capacity on KQ to ferry their produce and the […]

40Kenya Airways, Kenya’s flag carrier, jointly signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with South African Airways (SAA) on November 25, concluding an important milestone to jointly launch a pan-African airline group by 2023. The partnership follows the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that both companies signed 2 months ago in search of promoting the exchange of knowledge, […]

Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines planes at Kamuzu International airport in Malawi. FILE PHOTO | COURTESY The European Union, the United States, Israel, United Arab Emirates, the UK, among other nations, have suspended flights to southern Africa while Singapore, Italy, and Israel have placed all of those nations, plus Mozambique, on their red lists. Kenya […]

A collage of the ‘I love Nairobi’ phrase displayed on GTC tower along Waiyaki Way. Driving down Waiyaki Way within Nairobi City, you are likely to notice the phrase ‘I Love NBO’ emblazoned on the upcoming Global Trade Center Towers. For years, residents and visitors of the city in the sun have often differed on […]

Nairobi — Kenya Airways in conjunction with the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) has branded two aircrafts with pictures of the last remaining white rhinos, elephant tuskers, and lions in a move aimed at increasing Kenya’s visibility as a travel destination locally and internationally. Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Allan Kivuka said the two planes, […]

Kenya Airways (KQ) #ticker:KQ employees led by the pilots union have demanded the reinstatement of their salaries to 100 percent in the latest staff standoff at a time the airline has started recovering from the Covid-19 disruptions. In a memo addressed to KQ’s chief people officer Evelyne Munyoki, Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) wants the […]