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 [...]
Kenyans will start paying for domestic flights in US dollars from next week, as Kenya Airways moves to protect its revenues from the volatile shilling. The airline, which has been charging domestic flights in Kenya shillings, now says passengers will from October 24, be required to pay for tickets in dollars. This means that passengers [...]
Kenya Airways plans to double its fleet in the next five years as part of a 10-year plan aimed at extending its network to every African nation, its chief executive said on Tuesday. The airline, 26 percent owned by Air France-KLM, aims to connect all African travelers to the rest of the world through its [...]
Kenya Airways is set to form a low-cost subsidiary to handle its regional operations, opening a new battlefront with budget operators such as Jet Link, Fly540 and Air Kenya for control of the Eastern Africa routes. The launch of the KQ’s budget line — Jambo Jet — marks a u-turn after the airline absorbed its [...]
Kenya Airways has signed the outstanding Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Aviation and Allied Workers Union (K) (AAWU). The new agreement signed on Monday by the airline’s Group Chief Executive Officer Dr Titus Naikuni and AAWU General Secretary Nicholas Baraza and witnessed by Central Organization of Trade Unions board member Mr. Isaiah Kubai and [...]
Kenya Airways has donated KSH1 million (₤65,000) to the Kenyan Red Cross to help those affected by the famine raging across parts of the country. The national carrier has come up with a series of initiatives to help alleviate famine in parts of Northern Kenya. The cash donation will be directed to the Red Cross [...]
The Kenya Airways workers union has threatened to call a strike pressing for better employment terms for its members as strained labour relations emerge as a key threat to the airline’s profitability. The Aviation and Allied Workers Union (AAWU) is asking the national carrier to employ its members on permanent and pensionable terms, reduce the [...]
Kenya Airways has reported a 27.6 per cent growth in passenger numbers in the first quarter of 2011. The rise in travellers has been boosted by the opening of new routes, thus raising its profit outlook in a year seen to be difficult for the airline industry. The national carrier carried 850,908 passengers in the three [...]
Demand for air travel to South Sudan is increasing, prompting Kenya Airways to double its flights to the capital Juba. South Sudan’s independence celebrations will take place this Saturday, after the region earlier in the year voted in favour of secession from the north. The referendum was a core component of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace [...]
National flag carrier Kenya Airways has doubled the number of flights to the Southern Sudanese city of Juba effective July 1, in a move aimed at meeting the rising demand for travel to the region by individuals and organizations. The airline will now fly twice daily to Juba from Nairobi. This move comes exactly one [...]