News Diary: Trouble at Kenya airways as KQ pilots demand full pay, Mudavadi launches ANC digital

News Diary: Trouble at Kenya airways as KQ pilots demand full pay, Mudavadi launches ANC digital

No full pay for Kenya Airways pilots Kenya Airways (KQ) says it is unable to pay pilots their full salaries despite an improvement in the airline’s performance following a period of devastation by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kenya Airline Pilots Association had written to the KQ management demanding full payment of their salaries and allowances […]

Africa needs liberalised air market more than Kenya Airways-SAA partnership

REUTERS/Rogan Ward Serial lossmakers South African Airways and Kenya Airways signed a strategic partnership framework in November as a step towards starting on a pan-African airline group by 2023. Analysts doubt that two negatives will make a positive, and say implementing the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) would do more to advance Africa’s aviation […]

South African Airways, Kenya Airways Sign Strategic Partnership

A Kenya Airways Boeing 787 landing in London. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson) Kenya Airways and South African Airways this week signed a strategic partnership framework that may be the pathway to co-starting a Pan-African airline group by 2023. This follows the September signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the two national carriers. This […]