An Air Tanzania plane. FILE PHOTO | NMG Air Tanzania will launch direct flights to Nairobi, Bujumbura and Lubumbashi in November, stepping up competition for Kenya Airways, which also serves these routes. The national carrier recently acquired two Airbus A220-300 aircraft, raising its fleet of A220s to four, boosting its plan to introduce more international […]
Kenya Airways today operates a widebody fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft. But prior to this, it was an operator of the 767 and 777, with both 777-200ER and 777-300ER aircraft. Unfortunately, these left the fleet long before their time, as this article explores. Kenya Airways operated three 777-300ER for just over a year. Photo: Alf […]
The Treasury has agreed to inject cash into Kenya Power and Kenya Airways in the financial year starting July 2022, citing the role of the two struggling firms in supporting economic recovery from Covid knocks. No bailout was allocated to the two firms in the current financial year, raising concerns their worsening cash flow positions […]
The battle for the skies is shaping up in the East African region as airlines upgrade their fleet and expand destinations, setting the stage for heightened competition with established carriers such as Kenya Airways (KQ). The regional airlines are also expanding their interline agreement with foreign carriers as they seek to increase their reach through […]
British Airways customers will be able to fly to more destinations across Africa, thanks to a new codeshare agreement with Kenya Airways. Customers flying to Nairobi with British Airways will be able to seamlessly connect to 20 destinations across East and Central Africa, including Douala, Zanzibar, Lusaka, Mombasa, Addis Ababa and Entebbe, as well as […]
Sabena technics signs with Liebherr-Aerospace for ATR42/72-600 MRO: Sabena technics and Liebherr-Aerospace have signed a 10-year Pay-by-the-Hour maintenance agreement covering the new air management system (NAMS) component repairs for all ATR42/72-600 aircraft fleets supported by the European MRO. The new air management system developed and manufactured by Liebherr-Aerospace entered service at the end of 2020 […]
African aviation is going through a period of notable transition. With this shift, analysts have been looking at the market’s pricing. As a result, a report has shown that in Africa, Kenya Airways charges the most for its tickets. The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) is one of the authorities that took part in the […]
Parliament has questioned the Treasury’s decision to convert a Sh24 billion government debt held by Kenya Airways into equity, citing procedural flaws. The National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned the Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani to shed light on the debt swap deal and how the State’s equity in KQ had been treated […]
The latest aviation data for southern Africa indicate that scheduled capacity is 45.7% down in October on what it was in October 2019. The cost of jet fuel is one of the big burdens for air transport operators in southern Africa. One reason is because jet fuel is no longer produced in South Africa. SAA […]
Kenya Power workers fix a 3 phase distribution transformer of 250KVA at Ndimaini Village in Karatina, Nyeri on December 28, 2020. Parastatals have failed to service interest payments on Sh921.93 billion State loans, with the majority of them seeking write-offs as losses mount. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) including Kenya Power, Kenya Railways and East African Portland […]
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