Kenya Airways releases its operating results for the first quarter ended 30th Jun 2010. The company put into the market place capacity totalling 2,814m seat kilometres which was at par with last year’s level notwithstanding the incremental destinations launched in

Nairobi, July 16, 2010: From August 17th, Kenya Airways celebrates the launch of Luanda Angola, our 50th worldwide destination for USD 50 inclusive of all taxes, in co-operation with Angola's national carrier, TAAG. Come fly with us nonstop every Tuesday and Friday to one of the most dynamice. cities in Africa. Book now. Offer available at Kenya Airways sales offices.

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Nairobi, July 15, 2010: Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has entered into a Codeshare arrangement and network-wide frequent flyer partnership with Kenya Airways, Kenya's national carrier. Effective 15th July 2010, these flights are open for sale, and for travel, effective July 22, 2010. The frequent flyer partnership will also become effective on July 22, 2010.
Jet Airways will place its code on Kenya Airways’ daily services between Mumbai and Nairobi allowing JetPrivilege members to earn Tier Points, Tier JPMiles & Tier Bonus JPMiles for their activities when booked to fly on the 9W code of Jet Airways marketed, Kenya Airways operated codeshare flights.
In addition, effective July 22, 2010 the frequent flyer partnership will also allow the programme members of both airlines to earn and redeem miles on the entire network of the other airline.

Nairobi July 1 2010… Growing passenger and cargo demand and a rapidly expanding route network is set to benefit from more capacity as Kenya Airways readies itself to add more aircraft to its fleet.
Speaking during a signing ceremony today at the head office, Kenya Airways Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Titus Naikuni announced plans to acquire Embraer E190 aircraft before the end of the year.
The two aircraft deal marks the agreement to take delivery of the larger Embraer E190 jet model, the first of which is expected to be delivered later in the year. Dr Naikuni said that the aircraft would be leased from Jetscape, an Embraer aircraft leasing company.  The Embraer E190 will offer the high comfort that has come to be expected on the E170’s. In addition it will be fitted with state of the art in-seat In-flight Entertainment Technology. Last month Kenya Airways took delivery of two Embraer 170 long range planes, bringing their total number to five.

Nairobi 24 June, 2010... In an effort to offer enhanced value added benefits to its customers, Kenya Airways, has become a full member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, putting it at par with major global airlines.

Confirming the new development, Kenya Airways Group Managing Director and CEO, Dr Titus Naikuni said the airline was the first in Africa to achieve this feat.
 
Dr Naikuni explained that due to the new status of Kenya Airways as a full SkyTeam member, customers would now have access to a more comprehensive network of routes and destinations. “These are approximately 13,000 daily flights to 898 destinations in 169 countries, which is a significant increase from 6,402 daily flights to 451 destinations in 98 countries at the inception of the global airline alliance ten years ago,” he said.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010: Kenya Airways has launched daily flights to Juba; the capital of South Sudan from 7th June 2010.  The new route becomes its 40th destination in Africa and 49th worldwide.

The airline will operate direct flights on the 72seater Embraer jet daily from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 1140hrs, departing from Juba International Airport at 1420hrs.

KQ will offer its seamless connection to anticipated passengers travelling from Juba to Europe and Far East as well as to the other 39 destinations across Africa. 

27th May 2010 ...Kenya Airways UK team in partnership with Kenya Tourism Board hosted a hospitality box of tour operators and corporate agents at Twickenham last weekend during the London sevens tournament

Monday 17th, May, 2010…Kenya Airways would like to inform public of an incident in which the wingtip of its aircraft registration 5YKQH, a Boeing 737-700 operating as KQ554 to Kinshasa hit the tail of a Fly540 Aviation aircraft during line-up for take-off at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 9:30 am local time today.

5th May 2010 ... Kenya Airways has launched direct flights to Muscat; the capital city of Oman from 5th May 2010. 

The airline will operate three weekly flights every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday to Muscat.

KQ will offer its seamless connection to anticipated passengers travelling from Muscat to major destinations including, Nairobi, Dar-es Salaam, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Johannesburg, Bujumbura, Comoros, Lagos and Kigali. Kenya Airways is promoting its new Muscat flights by offering special launch air fares including a unique $48 introductory offer, and affordable fares starting at $300 from Nairobi and a Buy 3, Get 1 FREE launch promotion to select destinations for its passengers in Oman. There are also a number of activities planned in Oman to promote its new flights to Nairobi.

Wednesday 28th April 2010…The Government of Cameroon has released the accident report on the tragic loss of flight KQ507 a Boeing 737-800 aircraft on 5th May 2007 in Douala.

The Government of Kenya will address a press conference at 11:00 AM today in Nairobi on this matter. Kenya Airways management will participate in this press conference.

Thursday 22nd April, 2010….. Kenya Airways would like to inform its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public that its flight operations to Europe is back to normal, despite the airports still congested as of 22nd April.

Wednesday 21st April 2010

Kenya Airways welcomes the release of the final accident report on the tragic loss of its flight KQ507 a Boeing 737-800 aircraft on 5th May 2007 in Douala, Cameroon. The airline thanks the Cameroonian Accident Investigation Commission for the professional manner in which it has gone about this difficult and sensitive task.

Wednesday 21st April, 2010….. Kenya Airways would like to inform its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public that London Heathrow Airport has finally been re-opened for flight operations.

Below is the KQ flight schedule to and from Europe for today Wednesday 21st April 2010. 

Wednesday 21st April 2010
a) KQ116 has departed Nairobi (NBO) at 0833hrs
b) KQ113 to depart Paris (CDG) at 1050hrs
c) KQ117 to depart Amsterdam (AMS) 2000hrs
d) KQ101 to depart London (LHR) 2000hrs
e) KQ102 to depart Nairobi (NBO) 2345hrs

With the re-opening of Heathrow Airport, Kenya Airways is pleased to confirm that the following flights will be operating today:

22 Apr KQ101 London Heathrow to Nairobi scheduled to depart at 2000hrs

22 Apr KQ102 Nairobi to London Heathrow scheduled to depart at 23.50hrs

With the re opening of Heathrow Airport, Kenya Airways is pleased to confirm that we intend to re start operations between Heathrow and Nairobi on Wednesday 21st April 2010. Our first flight from Heathrow will be KQ101 to Nairobi, scheduled

Tuesday 20th, April, 2010….. Kenya Airways would like to inform its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public of the following changes to its flight schedules for today Tuesday 20th APR and  tomorrow Wednesday 21st APR 2010.
Tuesday 20th April 2010
a) KQ117 flight to depart Amsterdam (AMS) 2000hrs
b) KQ112 flight to depart Paris (CDG) at 2155hrs

Wednesday 21st April 2010
c) KQ116 flight to depart Nairobi (NBO) at 0810hrs
d) KQ113 flight to depart Paris (CDG) at 1050hrs
e) KQ117 flight to depart Amsterdam (AMS) 2000hrs

Tuesday 20th, April, 2010…..Kenya Airways would like to confirm that following the reopening of Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, its flight KQ 112/20APR is planned to depart out of Nairobi at 2155 local time.

KQ113/21APR is expected to depart from CDG on tomorrow at 1150hrs local time arriving Nairobi at 2020hrs.

Tuesday 20th, April, 2010…..Kenya Airways would like to confirm that flight KQ 117 of 19 April 2010 will now depart from Amsterdam for Nairobi today 20th April at 1700Hrs local time.

Sunday 18th, April, 2010…Kenya Airways would like to confirm that it's flight cancellations to and from Europe (Amsterdam, London and Paris) over the weekend remain effective due to continued closure of European air space.   The airline requests all passengers

Saturday 17th, April, 2010…Kenya Airways would like to confirm to its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public of the following changes to its flight schedules for today Saturday April 17th 2010 due to continued closure of the European air space resulting from Icelandic volcanic dust drifting towards Europe: 

Current Flight Cancellations:
17 Apr KQ101 – London to Nairobi    – Cancelled
17 Apr KQ102 – Nairobi to London    – Cancelled
17 Apr KQ103 – London to Nairobi    – Cancelled
17 Apr KQ104 – Nairobi to London    – Cancelled
17 Apr KQ112 – Nairobi to Paris     – Cancelled
17 Apr KQ116 – Nairobi to Amsterdam – Cancelled
17 Apr KQ117 – Amsterdam to Nairobi – Cancelled
18 Apr KQ103 - London to Nairobi    - Cancelled
18 Apr KQ113 – Paris  to Nairobi    – Cancelled

Saturday 17th, April, 2010…Kenya Airways would like to confirm to its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public of the following changes to its flight schedules for today Saturday April 17th 2010 due to continued closure of the European

KQ104 to London, KQ103 from London are cancelled. KQ117 from Amsterdam, KQ101 from London, and KQ102 to London KQ112 to Paris are to operate on schedule pending confirmation later today.  KQ116 to Amsterdam has been rescheduled to depart tonight pending confirmation

Friday 16th, April, 2010… Due to the closure of Schiphol International Airport Amsterdam and Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris, Kenya Airways regrets to inform its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public that the airline has now cancelled its flights KQ 116/16APR and KQ 114/115 16APR to Amsterdam and Paris respectively.
KQ 116/16APR was to depart Nairobi at 0810hrs subsequently delayed till 1045hrs and KQ 114/115 16APR at 0955 hours. KQ 102/16APR remains uncertain to operate unless advised otherwise by the London authorities.

Current Flight Cancellations:
16 Apr KQ101 – London Heathrow to Nairobi – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ102 – Nairobi to London Heathrow – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ116 – Nairobi to Amsterdam – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ114 – Nairobi  to Paris CDG – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ115 –Paris CDG to Nairobi – Cancelled

In view of the current situation, Kenya Airways customers holding tickets to/from any airport in the UK between 16th  and 20th Apr 2010 may take the following re-booking options:

Rebooking/Date Change:

1. Rebooking subject to space availability
2. Only one change allowed for outbound and inbound travel
3. In case the class booked is not available on the new date requested, passenger can be rebooked in another class within the same cabin.
4. Any passenger changing to a high season travel date must pay any fare or booking class differential.
5. In case new date requested is outside the max or min stay requirement of the class currently booked, passenger can upgrade ticket by paying difference between the fare originally paid and the new fare that would make passenger’s new travel dates be compliant to the min/max stay rules.
6. All Rebooking/Reissues must be done by 20th April 2010.
7. This is valid for tickets issued on or before  16th April 2010 for travel from
16th April 2010- 20th April 2010.
8. Travel must remain on Kenya Airways

Current Flight Cancellations:
16 Apr KQ101 – London Heathrow to Nairobi – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ102 – Nairobi to London Heathrow – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ116 – Nairobi to Amsterdam – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ114 – Nairobi  to Paris CDG – Cancelled
16 Apr KQ115 –Paris CDG to Nairobi – Cancelled

Thursday 15th, April, 2010…Kenya Airways would like to confirm to its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public that its flight KQ 117 operating from Amsterdam to Nairobi has now been cancelled.

Thursday 15th, April, 2010…Kenya Airways regrets to inform its passengers, customers, the travel trade and the public that due to the unforeseen act of nature; volcanic eruption in Iceland, the airline has now cancelled its flights to and from London and Amsterdam until further notice.
This is due to the clouds of volcanic ash towards European airspace leading to closure of the United Kingdom Airspace and London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol on safety grounds.

15th April:  Kenya Airways would like to inform its passengers, customers and the public that due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland sending clouds of volcanic ash towards UK airspace there is a likelihood of delays and disruption at Heathrow Airport and other European airports, today 15 April 2010.

Due to a volcanic dust cloud we have been advised that Heathrow Airport will be closed tonight, 15 April 2010.
All passengers booked on KQ101 Heathrow to Nairobi tonight will be re-booked onto KQ101 tomorrow night 16 April 2010.

Any passengers disrupted from the KQ101 tonight, 15 Apr 2010 who do not wish to travel will be allowed a full refund.
Heathrow Airport Authority has requested that passengers do not go to the airport tonight.
Again we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you have any enquiries please contact Kenya Airways Reservations Department on +44 020 8283 1818

Thursday March 18, 2010 Kenya Airways would like to inform its passengers, customers, investors and the public that KQ446, a Boeing 737 300 flight from Bujumbura to Nairobi Kenya made a suspected hard landing on touch down at the Jomo

18 February 2010: Kenya Airways has scooped top awards at the Africa Investor (Ai) Tourism Investor Awards. KQ was declared the Business Airline of the Year. The award was presented during the prestigious 2010 Africa Investor Tourism Awards held in Harare, Zimbabwe.