Airways has agreed a codeshare partnership with Latvian carrier airBaltic, becoming the Alitalia successor’s 19th since starting commercial operations last October. Under the terms of the agreement, Riga-based airBaltic will expand its network by putting its BT designator code on selected ITA Airways-operated flights covering 10 Italian cities in the current winter season. They are […]
Qatar and Ethiopian airlines are seeking approval from the aviation regulator to operate direct cargo flights from Nairobi ahead of this year’s Valentine Day, stepping up competition with Kenya Airways which has previously opposed the move. The airlines have applied for ad-hoc flights from Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) to boost the limited capacity at […]
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. […]
Aviation Industry In this edition some of the topical aviation industry stories between 17 th and 22 nd January 2022 which are of relevance to Ghana’s aviation space are summarized as follows: Ghana Relaxes Mandatory Vaccination Requirement for Arriving Ghanaians and Resident Foreigners An updated COVID-19 protocol for arriving Ghanaians and other foreigners resident in […]
Police in the Dutch city of Amsterdam discovered a stowaway hidden in the nose wheel of a cargo plane arriving from Africa, a spokeswoman said. In a Twitter post Monday, the military police, or Marechaussee, identified the man as a 22-year-old from Nairobi, Kenya. "He has applied for asylum in the Netherlands," the police said, […]
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, 927, while […]
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 […]
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 […]
An Emirates Airlines plane. FILE PHOTO | NMG Travellers from Dubai will be allowed into the country from today after Kenya lifted a ban it had imposed on all inbound and transit passenger flights from the Middle East nation two weeks ago. The move come days after Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo said […]
With financial woes compounded by Covid-19 economic hardships, it is likely many more airlines will go under. Two of the continent’s biggest carriers – South African Airways and Kenya Airways – are under financial stress. Africa has 357 airlines, the top 10 of which carried more than 60 percent of traffic. This reflects the fact […]
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