Karanja Ndegwa, CEO of Jambojet. Image sourced from Business Daily. Kenyan budget airlines Jambojet has confirmed the appointment of Karanja Ndegwa as its CEO and managing director effective from 2 September, Thursday. The Kenya Airways subsidiary holds nearly half of the domestic aviation market in Kenya, offering low-cost tickets. According to a statement from the […]
National carrier Kenya Airways PLC (KQ) says the first half of 2021 continued to be severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, resulting in depressed half-year results. During the period, the airline narrowed its pretax loss by 20 percent to Sh11.5 billion. The airline’s total revenue during the period was reduced by 9 percent to Sh27,354 […]
Credit: Embraer Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya Airways PLC. Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya Airways PLC, through its fully owned subsidiary Fahari Aviation. According to a news release from Embraer, the collaboration aims to develop operational models for the […]
The airline has been operating at 30 percent of 2019 capacity as a result of depressed demand, difficulties in controlling the virus variants, slow vaccination uptake in some of its key markets, travel restrictions and lockdowns. Most of KQ’s revenues however come from the African routes (50 per cent) followed by long-haul flights abroad (40 […]
Despite the devastating effects of COVID- 19 resulting in depressing half year results, one of Africa’s biggest airlines, Kenya Airways, has recorded improved performance to a similar period in the prior year. This was disclosed on Thursday when the carrier released its financial results for the six-month period ended June 2021, at a virtual investor […]
Uganda Airlines last Saturday resumed direct commercial flights from Entebbe Airport to South Africa after a 20-year-lull with a maiden cargo of 13 tonnes of Ugandan made medicine aboard Airbus A330. Mr Gabriel Duma, the station manager of Uganda Airlines in Johannesburg, said for more than two years, Uganda had been relying onRwanda Air, Kenya […]
Air transport in East Africa in general is expensive. PHOTO | FILE EAC has one of the most expensive flight routes in the world per seat costs led by the Nairobi to Entebbe, Nairobi to Kigali and Nairobi to Dar es Salaam routes. A passenger airline ticket between Entebbe and Nairobi costs $380 on average […]
Uganda has introduced new Covid-19 measures for passengers arriving at the Entebbe Airport, a move that will hit airlines such as Kenya Airways, which are already grappling with reduced frequencies and low demand on the route. In a new directive, all passengers arriving at Entebbe International Airport will have to undergo a mandatory test on […]
Regional domiciled carrier Jambojet has confirmed Karanja Ndegwa as its Chief Executive Officer effective Thursday. Ndegwa who formerly served as the airlines Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has been serving the carrier as the Acting CEO since April last year. Prior to joining the company, Ndegwa worked with Kenya Airways in different capacities including as its […]
Kenya Airways has cut New York flights to two a week on low demand as summer season comes to an end. The airline said the number of passengers on the route has dropped with the carrier recording a cabin factor of below 65 percent, forcing them to remove one flight to JF Kennedy, which had […]
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