TITUS Naikuni, the Kenya Airways CEO, could not help himself the other day. “Didn’t I tell you? Five years ago I said we would be a billion-dollar company in 10 years; now we are here,” he said directing his comments at a journalist during a recent press conference. He was referring to the company’s turnover [...]

Zimbabwe, which recorded 5.9% economic growth last year, is inviting foreign investors to take part in its development. Its president Robert Mugabe said the country offered opportunities in agro-processing, mining, manufacturing, tourism, as well as infrastructure development in power generation and distribution, water supply, road network, rail linkages, air travel, telecommunications and information, and communications [...]

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today presented its Delft Blue aircraft at Schiphol. Together with the Mayor of Delft, KLM Managing Director Erik Varwijk opened the hangar doors, revealing this unique aircraft. The 64-metre-long, 18-metre-high aircraft boasts a coat of 4,000 stickers, each in the form of a Delft Blue tile.   The initiative began with [...]

Kenya Airways is seeking to tap new revenue through in-flight advertising on its seat covers, electronic entertainment and magazines. The airline signed a Sh11 million deal with United Bank of Africa last week. With International Air Transport Association’s predicting that the industry’s profit would halve this year owing to upward pressure of energy prices, political [...]

Dutch flag-carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is to return to Rio de Janeiro with effect from November 1st 2011. Rio is an attractive destination for European tourists especially because of famously popular beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema. Brazil will also host two of the world’s largest sporting events – the World Cup in 2014 and [...]

Ethiopia has resumed flights to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after they were suspended due to an ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Eritrea, Ethiopian Airlines said on Friday. The flag carrier on June 14 temporarily grounded a number of domestic flights to Ethiopia’s North and international routes bound to Khartoum and Djibouti to the [...]

As part of its fleet expansion project and to handle an increasing volume of cargo, Ethiopian Airlines will lease two Boeing 777 freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services. Air Cargo News reports that the airline’s ten year lease agreement will come into effect when the 777Fs arrive from Boeing in September and October next year. [...]

Kenya Airways has entered into a partnership with one of the largest financial services institutions in Africa; United Bank for Africa Plc to promote trade and remittances across the continent. Formalized by Kenya Airways Chief Operating Officer Mr. Bram Stellar and Managing Director of UBA Kenya Mr. Muyiwa Akinyemi, this partnership will see the bank [...]

The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) is pleased to announce Zimbabwe has joined their global destination alliance group as a founding member. As confirmed by H.E. Eng. W. Mzembi, the Minister of Tourism of Zimbabwe during the recent International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) conference in Lusaka, Zambia, his country is excited to [...]

HARARE — Construction work will begin at Victoria Falls early next year on what promises to be a spectacular new Zimbabwe Test and ODI cricket ground after the local council granted planning approval. It will be the third Test arena in the country after Harare Sports Club and Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. These are [...]