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  • Kenya Airways Gets Permit For Direct U.S. Flights

    UNITED STATES, 2017/09/11 The United States government has granted Kenya Airways a permit to operate direct flights to America. According to an order issued by the Department of Transportation, the permit became effective on September 5. The Department of Transportation had in June recommended that KQ, as the airline is commonly known, be granted the permit if there were no public objections.

  • Kenya's new $3.2 billion railway frustrates customers ahead of polls

    KENYA, 2017/08/03 The new railway linking Nairobi to the port of Mombasa was supposed to be the crowning succcess of an infrastructure bonanza propelling President Uhuru Kenyatta to victory in Kenya's Aug. 8 polls. Instead, additional than two months next Kenyatta inaugurated it to great fanfare, the Chinese-built line is plagued with administrative problems, particularly the ticketing process that has made it impossible to buy tickets online or on the day of travel, for example. The problem, critics say, is that the $3.2 billion project was rushed to completion ahead of the elections, before proper planning for issues such as transport to the line's terminuses on the outskirts of the two traffic-clogged cities.

  • Kenya Airways (KQ) Gets Air Traffic Rights in U.S. Paving Way for Direct Flights

    KENYA, 2017/07/07 Kenya Airways (KQ) has been granted air traffic rights to the United States (US) airspaces inching closer to direct flights to the US. Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia told Capital FM Business the airline presently awaits other crucial licenses to see it fly to the US by March 2018. Part the crucial licenses include the Air Service License which gives it commercial approval and the Air Operating Certificate, which gives it technical authority to operate to the US.

  • President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Mombasa railway station

    KENYA, 2017/06/06 President Uhuru Kenyatta has told public transport players in the country that their jobs are not under threat, following the start of the standard gauge railway (SGR) operations. President Kenyatta said SGR will instead create additional opportunities for matatu and boda boda operators as he directed the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to put up a matatu terminus at each SGR station to facilitate relieve of transportation.

  • Air Partner sells two B737-700s for Kenya Airways

    KENYA, 2017/03/11 Air Partner’s Aircraft Remarketing division (formerly Cabot Aviation) is pleased to announce that it has arranged the sale of two B737-700 aircraft on behalf of Kenya Airways. The aircraft were sold to an undisclosed lessor and leased back to Kenya Airways for continued operation. The aircraft, serial numbers 32371 and 32372, were originally delivered new to Kenya Airways in 2002 and 2003 and were operated by the airline on its scheduled routes. The aircraft are powered by CFM56-7B26 engines.

  • Kenya Airways narrows losses in half-year results

    KENYA, 2016/10/29

  • Hundreds of Uber drivers in Kenya go on strike after price cuts

    KENYA, 2016/08/03 Hundreds of drivers signed up with ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] in Kenya went on strike on Tuesday to turmoil against fare cuts. The U.S.-based company, which started operations in the East African country in January 2015, is cutting total fares by up to 35 % to boost request for the service, amid growing competition from local firms. "We want them to bring back the original fares we used to have," said Simon Mutembei, one of the drivers who marched to Uber's offices in a Nairobi suburb.

  • As it expands in Africa, Uber adapts to local markets and adopts cash payments

    BOTSWANA, 2016/07/24 While Uber continues its push into Africa the company is making allowances to local markets and testing incomparable service models users wouldn’t see in other parts of the globe. Anyone can presently use the mobile app to hail a car in 12 cities across South Africa, Nigeria,Uganda, Kenya, Morocco and Egypt…. And in all of those nations users can pay drivers in hard cash. The expansion, and adaptation to the realities of doing business on-the-ground in Africa, are in line with CEO Travis Kalanick’s commitment late last year to “a large push in Africa.”

  • Routes Africa forum aims to improve African air connectivity

    BOTSWANA, 2016/05/15  An event dedicated to the development of the African aviation industry will take place next month in Tenerife (26-28 June) to encourage the launch of new air services to, from and within the African continent. Routes Africa 2016 will help to improve African connectivity by bringing together airlines, airports and tourism authorities to discuss next air services. Around 250 route development professionals are expected to attend the forum which was founded ten years ago to stimulate increase in the industry.

  • Kenya Airways to send home 600 employees in restructuring

    KENYA, 2016/04/04 The move will see the national carrier shed off ten % of its 4,000-plus labour force across its various departments. “The board has, next re-evaluating the various options, come to the painful decision that part of the required overhead savings will be derived from a decrease in staff headcount,” read in part a statement announcing the lay-offs. “In light of the foregoing, we will embark on a restructuring process that will result in approximately 600 members of staff being declared redundant or redeployed.” KQ moved to assure staff members that the exercise will be carried out in full compliance with labour laws, Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) and individual staff members’ contracts as appropriate. The employees will know their fate in the coming weeks as the lay-offs begin in May.
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