A Kenya Airways pilot has soared to fame after millions of people were blown away by her expert landing at Heathrow Airport during Storm Eunice . While winds of more than 80mph forced other pilots to abandon their descents, captain Ruth Karauri pulled off a textbook cross-landing and brought her Boeing 787 Dreamliner down safely […]
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Kenya Airways signs service deal with Boeing
Kenya Airways 787 Dreamliner plane at Moi International Airport in Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG Under the programme, Boeing team will take over the management of all the repairs and overhaul processes of the Kenya Airways that is a subject of state takeover. The agreement was signed on Wednesday at the 2022 MRO Middle East […]
Tourism players bank on partnership to revive sector
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. Tourism and travel industry stakeholders will work together with the government to help attain the projected one million foreign visitors this year. Marketing […]
Kenya Airways says it is fast-tracking South African Airways partnership
Kenya Airways and South African Airlines signed a Strategic Partnership Framework in South Africa last November, in a move that will see the two carriers eventually form a Pan-African carrier. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Troubled Kenya Airways says it is fast-tracking negotiations to launch common initiatives with South African Airways (SAA) with which it […]
KQ reduces New York flights on lower demand
Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ has cut New York flights to three a week from five on low demand following an end to a peak season in December last year. The airline said the number of passengers on the route has dropped, forcing it to remove two flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport, which had been […]
Kenya Airways Eyes Downsizing Its Dreamliner & Embraer Fleets
Nairobi-based Kenya Airways is eyeing cutting its fleet from 36 planes to 27. The as yet un-confirmed move is part of a broader turnaround strategy that aims to cut costs and rejuvenate the airline. Kenyan media report Kenya Airways’ Boeing 787-8 and Embraer E190-100ARs fleets are set to shrink. Kenya Airways Dreamliner & Embraer fleets […]
Dfcu Bank, UIA Launch Fifth Edition of Rising Woman Initiative
Mathias Katamba, CEO dfcu Bank making remarks at the launch of the 5th Rising Woman edition yesterday at Sheraton Hotel. dfcu Bank, in partnership with the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and Monitor Publications Limited (MPL) has launched the fifth edition of the ‘Rising Woman’ program. ‘Rising Woman’ is an initiative that aims to recognize, celebrate, […]
Kenya: 2,850 Nakuru Farmers Trained and Sponsored to Start Poultry Keeping
Nakuru — Nearly 3,000 farmers in Nakuru have been enrolled in a training program on sustainable poultry-keeping practices and feed formulation using locally available materials to boost earnings in the subsector. The joint venture between the National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARIGP) and County Government of Nakuru has also facilitated the smallholder poultry […]
Blackout fears as Kenya Power staff plan strike
Electricity House which is the Kenya Power head offices in a Picture taken on May 30, 2018. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG Kenya Power’s workers have threatened to go on strike in a dispute over the firm’s plans to lay off 20 percent of its employees or nearly 2,000 staff, most of them ageing. […]
Pay-for-use leasing deal saves KQ Sh4.7 billion
Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kenya Airways saved $45 million (Sh4.7 billion) in fees after it changed the lease terms on its aircraft fleet, opting for hourly rates in place of fixed costs. Kenya Airways Chief Executive Allan Kilavuka said the airline reached a deal with the lessors in 2021 to […]