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Kenya: KQ Sells Two Planes in Bid to Shore Up Its Finances
East African, 6 October 2017
Kenya Airways has sold two Boeing 737-700 airplanes, marking its latest efforts to reduce its fleet in a bid to shore up its financial position. Read more »
Kenya Airways Sells 2 Planes in Bid to Shore Up Its Finances
The sale is disclosed in a September regulatory filing by UK-based Air Partner, which arranged the transaction on behalf of the Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed national carrier. Restructuring its fleet, including selling aircraft and sub-leasing to other airlines has been one of KQ's focus areas in recent years as it seeks to return to profitability.
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Kenya: Kenya Airways to Increase Boeing Fleet Ahead of U.S. Venture
East African, 3 October 2017
Kenya Airways intends to increase its Boeing 787 fleet in order to enjoy the economies of scale as it eyes the US route. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Airways Stops Flights to Hong Kong, Hanoi
Nation, 28 September 2017
Kenya Airways will from next month discontinue flights to Hong Kong and Hanoi route. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Airways Stop Flights to Hong Kong, Hanoi
East African, 28 September 2017
Kenya Airways will from next month discontinue flights to Hong Kong and Hanoi route. Read more »
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Kenya: KQ Seeking State's Help to Become Competitive
East African, 27 September 2017
Kenya Airways is asking the government - its largest shareholder - for tax breaks and protection from what it terms unfair competition from other carriers as it struggles to stay… Read more »
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Kenya Airways chairman, Michael Joseph, says all of Kenya Airways' "serious competitors" in Africa, all of them state-owned, are merely "marketing arms of their countries". This ... Read more »
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The United States has given the national carrier a foreign air carrier permit "to engage in: scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from ... Read more »
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Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the airline now awaits other crucial licenses to see it fly directly to the United States by March 2018. Read more »
