Kenya Airways is set for a $176 million cash injection from the Kenyan government as the carrier struggles to stay afloat amid years of financial losses. The airline’s total debt amounted to $846 million at the end of 2020. The move comes after the Kenyan government abandoned plans to nationalize the flailing airline. Kenya Airways […]
Kenya Airways will not renew its contract with a Mauritius breeding farm to transport monkeys from the Indian Ocean island to the US, Chairman Michael Joseph says. PHOTO | FILE Kenya Airways will not renew its contract with a Mauritius breeding farm to transport monkeys from the Indian Ocean island to United States (US) to […]
Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ has cut New York flights to three a week from five on low demand following an end to a peak season in December last year. The airline said the number of passengers on the route has dropped, forcing it to remove two flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport, which had been […]
A Jambojet plane at the Kisumu International Airport. PHOTO | FILE | NMG The airline, a subsidiary of Kenya Airways (KQ), said on Tuesday that cargo operations starting in the second week of February will target regional routes such as Goma in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Jambojet, which has been in operations since […]
Tourism CAS Joseph Boinett, Kenya Tourism Board CEO Betty Radier and Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka during unveiling of Magical Kenya branded aircrafts at Kenya Airways Headquarters, Nairobi on November 25, 2021. The government has dropped plans to nationalise Kenya Airways leaving the airline with no option but to restrategise how to return to profitability. […]
Nairobi — Stakeholders in the tourism and travel industries have agreed to partner in order to significantly resuscitate the sectors which have been adversely affected by the restrictions occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. During a consultative forum hosted by the African Travel & Tourism Association, (ATTA), the stakeholders who included the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB), […]
Tourism CAS Joseph Boinett, Kenya Tourism Board CEO Betty Radier and Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka during unveiling of Magical Kenya branded aircrafts at Kenya Airways Headquarters, Nairobi on November 25, 2021. Tourism and travel industry stakeholders will work together with the government to help attain the projected one million foreign visitors this year. Marketing […]
Kenya Airways and South African Airlines signed a Strategic Partnership Framework in South Africa last November, in a move that will see the two carriers eventually form a Pan-African carrier. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Troubled Kenya Airways says it is fast-tracking negotiations to launch common initiatives with South African Airways (SAA) with which it […]
Despite operating aircraft with no more than 98 seats, Airlink is South Africa’s largest airline by fleet and flights. It is also the third-largest carrier in Africa, with more flights in February than Royal Air Maroc and Kenya Airways. Airlink has benefited from its independence from South African Airways (SAA) while launching multiple new routes […]
Chinedu Eze Notwithstanding the restrictions and devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the Nigerian economy, more than 14.2 million persons travelled by air in the country through domestic and international flights in 2021. Records from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) showed that the number of passengers on inbound domestic flights were 5, 977, […]
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