KQ's Nairobi -New York Direct Flights Resume
Kenya Airways has begun flying directly from Nairobi to New York City after suspending the key route in March this year, due to covid19 pandemic. The weekly non-stop flight resumed [...]
Qatar Airways Marks 15 Years of Flights from Nairobi
Qatar Airways is one of the few global airlines that never stopped flying during the crisis. Since the beginning of the pandemic, its network never fell below 30 destinations and [...]
KQ Launches Direct Cargo Flights from Johannesburg
Kenya Airways (KQ) has launched direct cargo flights from its Johannesburg hub in South Africa to Maputo, Harare, Lilongwe, Lusaka, and Dar-es-salaam. In a tweet, the airline stated that previously, [...]Norwegian Air Files for Bankruptcy
Norwegian Air has filed for examinership in Ireland (where its aircraft assets are held), as it seeks protection from its creditors in an attempt to restructure its business and survive [...]EasyJet Posts First Annual Loss in 25 Years; £1.27 Billion
Europe’s second-biggest low-cost airline, EasyJet has posted its first annual loss of £1.27 billion for the year ended 30th September 2020 occasioned by travel restrictions worldwide in a bid to [...]Air France-KLM Seeks $7 Billion Cash Raise
Air France-KLM has announced plans to seek an additional $7.1 billion cash raise from its two government shareholders and other investors, as it struggles to rise from the ashes of [...]Air Botswana Resumes Regional Flights from 10th November 2020
Botswana's national airline, Air Botswana, has announced plans to resume regional flights effectiveTuesday, 10th November 2020. This follows Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi's plans to gradually open up the country's entry [...]Ethiopian Airlines Takes Double Delivery of Airbus A350 Planes
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed the delivery of two Airbus A350 planes. The 2 aircrafts are the first delivery of an order of 10 A350-900 aircrafts that the airline placed in [...]Lessors Allow KQ to Convert Dreamliners into Cargo Planes
Two lessors have allowed Kenya Airways (KQ) to convert two of its Dreamliner planes into cargo planes, a move that seeks to increase the airline's cargo planes even as passenger [...]China Extends Ban on Ethiopian Airlines Flight to End of 2020
China has extended the ban on Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Shanghai Pudong until the end of 2020, citing the increased number of passengers on the flights who [...]Japan to Slash Aviation Fuel Tax by 80%
Japan has announced plans to temporarily slash its aviation fuel tax by 80% at most, a move that seeks to help the airline industry, which is struggling with the impact [...]Kenya Airways Postpones Resumption of Nonstop New York Flights
Kenya Airways will resume direct flights to New York on 29th November 2020 after a seven-month hiatus occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, the airline was slated to commence the [...]
