The volume of cargo transported by Kenya Airways (KQ) went down by 27.6 per cent in the year ended December 2020 compared to a similar period in 2019. KQ says in its latest annual report that cargo tonnage on both passenger belly and freight aircraft dropped 27.6 percent to close at 49,418 tonnes as at […]

KINSHASA, DRC, Apr 22 – President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Congolese host Felix Tshisekedi today witnessed the signing of a partnership agreement between Kenya Airways and Congo Airways. The agreement signed in Kinshasa, on the last day of President Kenyatta’s three-day State visit of DR Congo, will see the two national carriers partner in areas […]

Kenya Airways has entered into a two-year agreement with Congo Airways that will see them sharing excess cargo capacity. Kenya Airways chief executive Allan Kilavuka and Congo Airways’ director general Desire Balazire Bantu signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday, withessed by Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and his Congolese host Felix Tshisekedi. The deal will […]

A Kenya Airways 787 retracts its gear after rotation. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson) Kenya Airways and Congo Airways on Thursday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding that would strengthen commercial ties between the two airlines, mainly aimed at boosting passenger and cargo businesses between their respective markets and international networks. “The cooperation […]

Congo Airways and Kenya Airways (KQ) have kicked off implementation of the code sharing agreement they signed last week. A codeshare is a business deal between two or more airlines, which allows them to sell seats on each other’s flights and expand their network. Under this arrangement, each airline publishes and markets a flight under […]

Click for upcoming virtual events Kenya Airways and Congo Airways to share African air routes The agreement was signed late last week Kenya Airways customers now can access Congolese capital of Kinshasa directly from Nairobi Aiming to expand its flights to more African cities, Kenya Airways had partnered with Congo Airways to cover more routes […]

Congo Airways Airbus A320-200 © Congo Airways Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ) and Congo Airways (8Z, Kinshasa N’Djili ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strategic cooperation that will see the two national carriers team up in areas of capacity sharing, aircraft maintenance, and training. Included in the two-year agreement is […]

Kenya’s National Carrier may be headed for another trouble as India- one of its lucrative destinations imposes extra restrictions on KQ flights as part of a fight against Covid-19 pandemic. In August 2020, Kenya airways resumed flights to India when a ban on international flights was lifted. The resumption of flights was under a special […]