The African Import and Export Bank (Afrexim Bank) wants to pump money into Kenyan firms in various sectors as the Pan-African lender eyes an increased role in the Kenyan economy. Afrexim, which finances and promotes African trade, says it will work with both government and private sector to bankroll various projects in need of funding. […]
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 airline’s expensive airfreight charges. They now fear they could be forced in […]
Uganda-Airlines in the spotlight over missing luggage Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of passengers who arrived at Entebbe International Airport from Johannesburg aboard Uganda Airlines on Friday, are frustrated after learning that the airline did not load their luggage after check-in. Under normal procedure, check-in bags are carried through a conveyer belt and […]
Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer Allan Kilavuka. [File, Standard] Kenya Airways’ chief executive officer Allan Kilavuka says the airline is currently not in a position to revert pilots’ salaries to 100 percent because the sector is still recovering from the shock wrought by Covid-19. The KQ chief, who spoke on Spice FM on Thursday, December […]
Kenya Airways (KQ) #ticker:KQ employees led by the pilots union have demanded the reinstatement of their salaries to 100 percent in the latest staff standoff at a time the airline has started recovering from the Covid-19 disruptions. In a memo addressed to KQ’s chief people officer Evelyne Munyoki, Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) wants the […]
Kotoka International Airport This week’s edition of Aviation This Week focuses on some of the topical aviation industry stories between November 22 – 28, 2021 relevant to Ghana’s aviation space. Here are the highlights: PassionAir Starts Ho and Wa Flights in December PassionAair will be expanding its route network with the inclusion of Ho and […]
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 […]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa during a recent business forum in Pretoria. PHOTO | PSCU The two cash-strapped and loss-making carriers this week advanced a cooperation agreement they entered into two months ago into a strategic partnership framework to jointly launch a pan African airline group by 2023. The partnership builds […]
Airlines, including national carrier Kenya Airways, are staring at a slowdown in business ahead of the festive season as nations impose new travel restrictions on South Africa and seven other countries due to a highly infectious new coronavirus strain. The discovery of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in South Africa has caused a panic move […]
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 […]
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