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Kenya Airways Passengers in Freetown Stranded
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 [...]
Kenya Airways to enhance safety programme
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 [...]
Kenya Airways passenger numbers up 15.4 per cent
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 [...]
Kenya Airways opens up for South Africa Travellers
Kenya Airways says passengers stranded in Malawi to travelling to South Africa can still use the airline but via Nairobi to OR Tambo Airport in Joburg. The development comes at a time when the business sector and the general travelling public has complained of over-booked and unavailable air travel options to South Africa since the [...]
Kenya Airways welcomes A Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Nairobi
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 [...]
Kenya Airways profit jumps 41%
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 [...]
Kenya Airways Signs GECAS Deal for Two 777-300ERs
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 [...]
Local travellers to start paying Kenya Airways in US dollars
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 inaugurates flights to Jeddah
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 to acquire two Boeing 777-300 ER Aircrafts
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 [...]