Roadmap for Africa airlines’ revival from corona storms

Roadmap for Africa airlines’ revival from corona storms

Africa’s transport sector has always faced a myriad of challenges, with aviation particularly confronting headwinds from all corners. A number of airlines such as Kenya Airways were already finding it hard to negotiate stormy skies and dark financial clouds even before the pandemic struck. The sudden arrival of coronavirus almost became the last nail in […]

Kenya: Flowers Rot in Farms Over Standoff With Kenya Airways

Kenya: Flowers Rot in Farms Over Standoff With Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways planes at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi (file photo). A government policy that favours struggling national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) against its cheaper competitors to transport fresh produce to other countries continues to hurt other exporters. They have complained about the lack of capacity on KQ to ferry their produce and the […]

SAA and Kenya Airways move forward towards a pan-African airline alliance

SAA and Kenya Airways move forward towards a pan-African airline alliance

40Kenya Airways, Kenya’s flag carrier, jointly signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with South African Airways (SAA) on November 25, concluding an important milestone to jointly launch a pan-African airline group by 2023. The partnership follows the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that both companies signed 2 months ago in search of promoting the exchange of knowledge, […]

Airlines stare at fresh storm as new Corona variant emerges

Airlines stare at fresh storm as new Corona variant emerges

Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines planes at Kamuzu International airport in Malawi. FILE PHOTO | COURTESY The European Union, the United States, Israel, United Arab Emirates, the UK, among other nations, have suspended flights to southern Africa while Singapore, Italy, and Israel have placed all of those nations, plus Mozambique, on their red lists. Kenya […]