How KQ plans to mitigate Covid woes
Wednesday December 16 2020
By GERALD ANDAE
Summary
Some of the strategies that the carrier has put in place include launching of a cargo hub in Johannesburg to serve the Southern African countries, direct cargo flights from Mombasa to Nairobi and recently opening one of its Boeing 737 simulators to the public at a fee.
Kenya Airways is banking on a number of new strategies to grow its revenue in the wake of low demand for passengers that has impacted negatively on the airline’s revival bid.
The airline is pursuing every avenue that could help in growing its numbers as the recovery in the aviation sector is forecasted to take at least two more years to reach the pre-Covid level.
KQ to start direct flights from JKIA to Somaliland
Wednesday December 16 2020
By BONFACE OTIENO
Summary
Plans by KQ to start direct flight to Hargeisa comes at a time Somaliland president Musa Bihi’s official state visit to Kenya has angered Somalia who claims that Somaliland has no legitimacy to deal directly with Kenya.
Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to launch direct flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Hargeisa, Somaliland, in March following a deal inked by President Uhuru Kenyatta, a move that could harden conflict between Nairobi and Mogadishu.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the two heads of state resolved that direct flights to Somaliland will also involve other Kenyan carriers apart from KQ.
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Astral Aviation has announced that it is ready to support the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across its scheduled network of 15 Destinations within Africa and a further 50 Destinations available on charters with its fleet of 14 freighter aircrafts.
According to Astral Aviation Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sanjeev Gadhia, Astral has transported thousands of tonnes of vaccines and pharma products on its fleet in its 20-year existence and has played an important role in various immunization programs in Africa and across the world including supporting efforts to tackle Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and the Cholera Pandemic in Yemen.