The inaugural flight by Kenya Airways from Nairobi to Jeddah landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport on 19th October at 00:30 hrs with a full complement of passengers. Present at the airport were a number of dignitaries, including H.E. Mohamud Saleh, The Ambassador of Kenya to the Kingdom, Mr Abraham Joseph, Kenya Airways Area Manager [...]
Kenya Airways fleet modernisation and expansion programme received a boost when the airline signed an agreement with General Electric Capital Aviation Services, GECAS the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, for the delivery of two Boeing 777-300 Extended Range (ER) aircraft. The two aircrafts are expected to be join Kenya Airways fleet [...]
Kenya Airways will more than triple its fleet in the next 10 years, in a plan aimed at extending its network to every African nation. The national carrier, which is counting on shareholders to approve its rights issue plan Friday during its annual general meeting, says it will have 107 aircraft from the current 33 [...]
Kenya Airways (KQ), the national carrier of Kenya, has announced special Earlybird Fares for travel from Auckland to almost 50 cities in Africa and the Middle East, via Bangkok or Hong Kong. The Economy Class return fares, divided into two travel zones, start at NZD $2313 (including taxes) for flights to the airline’s main hub, [...]
Kenya Airways, the national carrier of Kenya, has announced special Earlybird Fares for travel from Australia to almost 50 cities in Africa and the Middle East, via Bangkok or Hong Kong. The Economy Class return fares, divided into two travel zones, start at A$1782 (including taxes) for flights to the airline’s main hub, the Kenyan [...]
Emirates airline said Friday it will begin flying five times a week between Zimbabwe, Zambia and Dubai next year. “In February 2012, Emirates will commence services five days a week from Harare and Lusaka to Dubai,” Emirates Group said in a newspaper advert seeking applications for staff to run its new operations. Flag carrier Air [...]
KENYA Airways will this month commence flights from Lusaka to the Middle Eastern city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Kenya Airways Zambia country Manager Rose Kiseli said the service marks Kenya Airways’ 56th global destination and third in the Middle East and coincides with the relocation of its Lusaka offices from COMESA Centre to Maanu [...]
National carrier Kenya Airways has taken possession of a new Embraer E190 jet, as part of the strategic move to boost its fleet. Registered as 5Y-KYS, the E190 touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Saturday at 2030hrs from Sao Jose dos Campos, Embraer Headquarters in Brazil. The new 96 seater aircraft will [...]
Following the launch of a user-friendly application developed by SkyTeam, the global airline alliance of which Kenya Airways is a member, passengers of the airline can now use the online application to plan their travels to various destinations around the world in advance. The application allows passengers to create their own Round-The-World itinerary using the [...]
Kenya Airways and Eritrean Airlines are set for a major turf war as both national carriers finalise plans to launch new routes between Asmara and Nairobi. Asmara-based Eritrean Airlines is expected to resume flights to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by November, ending a six-year absence since it stopped flying to Kenya. The airline’s commercial [...]