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 […]
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Kenya Airways says it is fast-tracking South African Airways partnership
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 […]
Introducing Airlink: South Africa’s Largest Airline
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 […]
Despite COVID-19, Over 14.2m Passengers Travelled by Air in 2021
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, […]
Kenya Airways says it is fast-tracking South African Airways partnership
Troubled Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ says it is fast-tracking negotiations to launch common initiatives with South African Airways (SAA) with which it signed a pact last year to establish an African airline by 2023. Kenya Airways chairman Michael Joseph told the Business Daily while the pact is a long-term agreement, both airlines are in talks to […]
Kenya lifts ban on UAE flights
Kenya has lifted the ban on all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) imposed two weeks ago. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General Gilbert Kibe told the Star that the government decided to lift the ban hoping that UAE will reciprocate. ”That is the government decision. We hope the […]
Dubai lifts ban on flights from Kenya, Tanzania
An Emirates Airlines plane. The UAE has lifted a ban on entry of travellers from Kenya and Tanzania. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Travellers from Kenya and Tanzania will be allowed entry into Dubai from Saturday after the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) lifted a ban it had imposed on all inbound and transit passenger flights […]
MPs question procedure in Sh24bn KQ loan swap
Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka and Treasury PS Julius Muia during a Public Accounts Committee in Parliament to answer audit questions on January 24, 2022/EZEKIEL AMING’A MPs are questioning the procedure of conversation of Sh24 billion loans to equity at Kenya Airways. The National Assembly Public Accounts Committee wants former Treasury Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge […]
Kenya Moves To Undo UAE Passenger Flight Ban
From midnight Monday, Kenya is once more allowing passenger flights from the United Arab Emirates. The suspension in retaliation to Dubai banning passenger flights from Kenya over falsified COVID test certificates lasted for two weeks. Meanwhile, the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority says that the reason for lifting the ban is ‘not for public consumption’. The […]
Kenya Airways is in financial trouble (again). Why national carriers have a hard time
Nicolas Economou/ NurPhoto via Getty Images Dawna L. Rhoades, does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, offers flights to over 56 destinations in […]