Fly540 will on December 1 restart direct flights to Kisumu from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, increasing competition on a route served by carriers such as Safarilink, Jambojet and Kenya Airways. The airline will fly once every day, down from the two daily flights it operated before the coronavirus outbreak that forced it to […]
Seven chief executives of Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firms have served for more than 15 years and are expected to extend their tenure in a market where on average top managers don’t serve in excess of a decade. Flame Tree’s #ticker:FTGH founder, Heril Bangera, has the longest run of 32 years, followed by Car & General’s […]
Kenya Airways (KQ) will from this month add more flights to London as it seeks to cash in on the rising demand. The national carrier said it will operate four flights weekly to Heathrow Airport, up from the current two. “We shall be adding flights to the UK to four a week with a possibility […]
Most of 2020 and 2021 has been a catastrophic period for the world airline industry, as passenger demand plummeted and countries across the world were affected by lockdowns and severe travel restrictions. The Skytrax customer survey operated for 23 months (September 2019 to July 2021), with the 2021 Awards representing a mix of more normal […]
A Kenya Airways cargo plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. Cargo consolidation was cited as an important step to improve the performance of airlines. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Regulators in Asian hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong have threatened to retaliate against European Union plans to force airlines to start using take-off […]
South African Airways Airbus A320-200 © Airbus Industrie South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo ) and Kenya Airways have announced their intention to form a pan-African airline group to support each other’s growth and take advantage of their hubs at Johannesburg O.R. Tambo and Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta , and possibly also Cape Town . […]
COMESA watchdog to review Safaricom Ethiopia entry deal The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission has launched a formal inquiry into the joint venture between Safaricom and its parent firm Vodafone for Ethiopia entry. The regional trading bloc’s competition watchdog said its investigation will assess whether the merger of the two […]
Listen to article The first edition of ‘Aviation This Week’ for October 2021 are topical aviation industry stories between September 27, 2021 and October 2, 2021 relevant to Ghana’s aviation space. Here are the highlights: South African Airways Revives Johannesburg-Accra Operations South African Airways has resumed operations between Johannesburg and Accra with 3x weekly direct […]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is to return here next week as part of efforts to strengthen South-South cooperation between the East African nation and the Caribbean. The president’s second visit to Barbados in two yearswas announced Friday by Kenya’s High Ambassador to Barbados Anthony Muchuri at a press conference at the Hilton Barbados Resort. Muchuri […]
Domestic aircraft operators are calling for reduced duties subjected to the industry which could hurt growth as tour and travel industry continues with recovery. 748 Air Services Moses Mwangi says there is need to borrow from best practices where aircraft parts are not subjected to Value Added Tax. “That would ease the burden and the […]
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