Hundreds of Kenya Airways passengers are stranded in Sierra Leone and Liberia as a result of bad weather condition. Hazy conditions, which have severely affected visibility levels within the past few days, are causing ripples in the aviation industry in Freetown and Monrovia, with airlines having to put up with increasing cost of accommodating stranded [...]
Some 145 passengers, 80 of whom were heading for Accra and 73 for Nairobi are presently stranded at the Freetown International Airport, Lungi as a result of hazy conditions which has severely affected visibility levels and has prevented Kenya Airways from landing and instead being presently grounded at the Roberts International Airport in neighbouring Liberia. [...]
Kenya Airways on Wednesday vowed to continue with its safety programmes in both airport and passenger safety including all ground operators and airline companies that run their businesses within the country’s main airport. Chief Executive Officer Titus Naikuni said in Nairobi that the airline continuously enhances its safety operational systems in order to ensure safety [...]
Kenyan’s national carrier, Kenya airways said on Thursday it registered a 15.4 per cent increase in passenger numbers for its third quarter with 956,742 passengers using the airline compared to the same period last year. The airline said in a statement released in Nairobi that its capacity in the domestic front and to Europe registered [...]
Star Alliance has upped the battle for African skies by enlisting Ethiopian Airlines. Ethiopian now becomes the third African airline after South African Airways and Egypt Air to join the alliance that boasts of 29 global carriers. “With Ethiopian Airlines now part of the Star Alliance network, we offer our customers the widest choice of [...]
Kenya Airways this week welcomed Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner to Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi as part of the new aircraft’s international tour. The plane touched down in Kenya’s capital city following a stopover in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was welcomed by Kenya Airways staff and management, as well as special guests and trade minister Chirau [...]
With the Nairobi-Dubai route currently accounting for around 12 per cent of Kenya Airways‘ revenue, the African carrier is looking to expand its Middle East presence. “We have a 10-year growth plan in which the Middle East features prominently. While we currently operate to Dubai, Muscat and Jeddah, future plans include launching services to Beirut, [...]
Kenya Airways after-tax profits rose to KShs 2.034 billion (D82 million) in the first half of this year as compared to KShs 1.436 billion (Dh58 million) for the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 41.3 per cent. Earnings per share increased to KShs 4.40 from KShs 3.11 realised in the prior year. Half [...]
AIR Zimbabwe and Kenya Airways have signed an agreement that will allow flights to be diverted to Zimbabwe in case of emergency in Nairobi. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development, Pattison Mbiriri made the announcement on Thursday in Masvingo. Mbiriri, however, did not say what type of emergency is envisaged. [...]
Kenya Airways has signed an agreement with GECAS, the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, for two Boeing 777-300ERs. The two aircraft are expected to join the Kenya Airways fleet in October 2013 and May 2014 respectively with them scheduled to operate long haul routes such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, Guangzhou and Dubai [...]