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Queries as KQ, South Africa Airways set on merger runway
The planned partnership to form a Pan African Airline by Kenya Airways and South African Airways has left aviation pundits at a crossroads on the airline network that the two carriers will join. The two airlines already belong to different networks and aviation experts opine that how this issue will be addressed is bound to […]
KQ minority investors trapped as recovery plan takes new twist
Minority shareholders of Kenya Airways are trapped in the company whose shares have been suspended from trading for another year, with no clear path to how investors will be able to exit the troubled airline. The company’s share price was first banned from trading in July last year as the government, which owns a controlling […]
Uganda Airlines faces turbulence soon after take off
Uganda Airlines Airbus Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines, like many of its counterparts in the region will have to cater for two new challenges. That is, the ban on flights by destination markets as well as the plans by bigger and older airlines to re-dominate the market. Less than three months after […]
Nairobi drops plans to renationalise Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways Fleet The Kenyan government has scrapped its plan to renationalise Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ) but instead will protect its financial interests during a USD1 billion restructuring of the flag carrier that will include a USD827 million debt take-over and a USD473 million cash injection, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has […]
Persons that will shape the economy in 2022
Ukur Yatani- Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury at Parliament Buildings, Nairobi. June 10, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] This year will be all about the economy. None other than politicians gunning for the highest seat in the land have signalled that the narrative this year will be on how to transform the economic fortunes of ordinary […]
Kenya Airways launches Nairobi-Juba-Khartoum flights
Kenya Airways (KQ) will resume flying to Khartoum nearly two years after suspending flights to Sudan. Last Friday, KQ launched direct flights from South Sudan capital Juba to Khartoum in Sudan as it eyes Africa expansion. The national carrier said the new flight will originate from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Kenya’s capital […]
Kenya Airways converted two 787 Dreamliners to carry cargo. Here’s why
Nairobi (CNN Business)While passenger air travel has plummeted during the pandemic, demand for air cargo has surged. With e-commerce up and trucks often unable to cross borders, air freight became a global lifeline transporting medical supplies and personal protective equipment, as well as all kinds of everyday products. According to the International Air Transport Association, […]
Kenya Airways and South African Airways to form new airline to launch in 2023
A potential partnership between Kenya Airways and South African Airways appears to be a done deal. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced during an address to the nation on New Year’s Eve that the airlines will combine operations to form a new carrier, Pan-African Airline, with operations expected to begin in 2023. The partnership came about […]
Fly540 delays restarting direct flights to Kisumu
Low-cost carrier Fly540 has pushed back plans to restart direct flights to Kisumu from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, extending Jambojet’s dominance on the route. The airline said in October said that it would restart Nairobi-Kisumu flights on December 1, 2021, in a move that was expected to increase competition on the route served […]