Kenya Airways Dreamliner at Kenya Airways Headquarters, Nairobi on November 25, 2021 Kenya Airways has appointed Global GSA as its passenger general sales agent for the Italian market. Pursuant to the agreement, from February 1, 2022, Global GSA will manage all the commercial activities in Italy on behalf of Kenya Airways. This includes the support […]
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Kenyan Government adds USD230m to budget for Kenya Airways
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Kenya Airways Reduces US Direct Flights to Three Per Week
Kenya Airways (KQ) has cut the number of direct flights linking Nairobi to the US city of New York. The national carrier told Business Daily that it has reduced the frequency of trips on the route from five to three per week due to low passenger demand. The demand for direct flights to John F. […]
Equity Bancshares, Inc. Results Include Strong Organic Growth While Expanding Kansas Franchise
WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Equity Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQBK), (“Equity”, “the Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”), the Wichita-based holding company of Equity Bank, reported net income of $10.5 million and $0.61 earnings per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2021. Equity’s results include a full quarter contribution from American State […]
Mid-sized banks to watch as sub-sector recovers
Dar es Salaam. The year 2021 was generally good to a number of mid-sized lenders as available data show that some of them exhibited resilience and steady growths across a number of performance parameters in 2021 as the sector partially recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. This group includes lenders with asset levels ranging from slightly […]
Equity Bank in Drive to Boost Financial Inclusion
As a way of increasing access to financial services through Banks, Equity Bank Uganda has launched a self-service innovation platform that would see potential clients open up accounts by using their mobile phones. The potential customers will be able to open up accounts by dialing *247# and begin transacting without first visiting the bank or […]
Bank earnings hit record Sh178bn in eleven months
A customer is served at the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) in Nairobi on January 24, 2018. PHOTO | SIMON MAINA | AFP Banks earned a cumulative Sh178.8 billion in the 11 months to November, setting them up for record profits for the year as they cut provisioning for bad loans as the economy continues to […]
As hopes for Kenya Airways’ nationalisation bid falters, the airline is now seeking to restructure its many debts
Kenya Airways plans to restructure its debts as nationalisation bid falters In view of the current reality, the heavily-indebted airline is in the process of restructuring its loans. Business Insider Africa understands that the company has already commenced consultations with the likes of Seabury Consulting (a subsidiary of Accenture) and others to this effect. Kenya’s […]
Kenya Airways resumes flights to Dubai amid stringent Covid-19 rules
© Maarten Van Den Driessche Kenya Airways has announced the resumption of daily flights to Dubai effective Monday, 31 January 2022. This follows the ease of travel restrictions that had been issued by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority on flights from Kenya and other African nations. Travellers will be free to re-book their flights with […]
Kenya Airways says it is fast-tracking South African Airways partnership
Troubled Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ says it is fast-tracking negotiations to launch common initiatives with South African Airways (SAA) with which it signed a pact last year to establish an African airline by 2023. Kenya Airways chairman Michael Joseph told the Business Daily while the pact is a long-term agreement, both airlines are in talks to […]