Kenya Airways (KQ), and its Nairobi hub have been awarded certificate of accreditation by IATA’s Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) for outstanding ground handling services. This follows the successful audit conducted on ground handling operations at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) which recognized KQ for maintaining high standard in ground handling services as…
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Kenya Airways Celebrates 5 Years of Non-Stop Flights to New York from Nairobi
Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ), is celebrating five (5) years since becoming the first and only carrier to fly non-stop from its hub in Nairobi to New York and linking East Africa and the United States of America the fastest way. The inaugural flight between Nairobi and New York was on 28th October 2018….
Kenya Airways Signs New Codeshare Management Solution from Lufthansa Systems
Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ), has boarded Lufthansa Systems to provide a codeshare management solution, SchedConnect, which will enhance the airline’s management of partner flight schedules. KQ guests will now enjoy smoother connections on flights booked with partners by KQ. As a member of the SkyTeam alliance, Kenya Airways is a fully integrated network…
AFRAA SG intervention at the African Aviation & Travel Innovation Summit
AFRAA Secretary General, Mr Abdérahmane Berthé, has reiterated the importance of innovation to transform and revolutionize the aviation industry while he made a keynote speech at the African Aviation & Travel Innovation Summit in Cape Town on 18th October 2023. The African Aviation Innovation Summit which is now in its second edition was staged by Kenya…
Kenya Airways Crowned Africa’s Leading Airline for its Economy class & Inflight Magazine
Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ) has recently been crowned as the winner for Africa’s Leading Airline for its Economy Class Service and Inflight Magazine (Msafiri) at the World Travel Awards 2023. This is the 5th year Kenya Airways has received an award in Africa’s Leading Airline – Economy Class category and the second consecutive…
Kenya Airways Diverted from Heathrow to Stansted in Security Incident
Kenya Airways has said that its aircraft was diverted from London’s Heathrow airport to Stansted airport following a potential security threat aboard KQ100 operating from Nairobi to Heathrow. The airline says this follows a thorough risk assessment by the Kenya and UK security agencies which briefed the crew on board who resulted in the security…
Kenya Airways wins ‘Best Innovation’ & ‘Most Impactful Breakthrough’ awards for Piloting Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ), has been awarded the Best Innovation and the Most Impactful Breakthrough awards for being the first African carrier to pioneer use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from Africa to Europe. The awards were presented at the 2023 Sustainable Flight Challenge Awards ceremony held at Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta,…
Kenya Airways & airBaltic Sign Interline Agreement
National Carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ) and airBaltic (BT) has announced an interline agreement that will boost connectivity and give customers more travel options between Africa and the Baltic countries. airBaltic, the flag carrier of Latvia, has experienced tremendous growth in the Baltics as well as internationally and currently connects the Baltic region to more than…
Fahari Aviation Scales-up Service Offering with Additional High-capacity Drones for Precision Farming
Fahari Aviation, the Aviation technology subsidiary of Kenya Airways PLC, has expanded its agricultural services offering by increasing its drone capacity with 14 new high-capacity drones. The expansion of Fahari Aviation’s agricultural services is in response to the growing demand for precision agriculture solutions such as: spraying and spreading of farm inputs aerial surveillance, crop…
Loans, Devaluation of Kenya Shilling Drive Kenya Airways into Record Losses Despite Revenue Growth
Despite Kenya Airways improved performance that saw the Group’s revenue grew to Kshs 75 billion, recording a 56% increase compared to the same period last year this was negated by a Ksh 17 billion impact on foreign exchange losses on monetary items, loans and leases, giving rise to a loss before tax of Kshs 22 billion. Speaking at the…