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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Aviation

Kenya Increases its Air Passenger Service Levy

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport now holds the authority to vary air passenger service charges from time to time through official gazette notices, following the enactment of the Air Passenger [...]

Fred Obura

14 days ago

MPs Demand Repayment Plan From KQ As State Bailouts Persist

Kenya Airways is facing fresh pressure from lawmakers to spell out how it intends to repay billions of shillings in government bailouts, as the loss-making national carrier leans heavily on [...]

Brian Nzomo

a month ago

Saudi Low-Cost Airline Flynas Launches Direct Nairobi-Riyadh Flights

Flynas, a privately owned Saudi low-cost airline, has launched its direct Nairobi–Riyadh flight route, betting on the increasing traffic between the two destinations. ‘This new route marks the beginning of [...]

Brian Nzomo

a month ago

Flydubai Expands Kenya Routes with New Nairobi Flights, Upgrades Mombasa

Gulf-based carrier, Flydubai, will expand its footprint in Kenya next month by adding Nairobi to its network and upgrading its Mombasa route to a daily service as the airline deepens [...]

Brian Nzomo

2 months ago

Pepsi Kenya Strikes Deal to Supply Beverages on Skyward Airlines Flights

Pepsi Beverages Kenya has signed an exclusive deal with Skyward Airlines to supply its beverages on all the carrier’s routes, marking the soft drink maker’s latest push into new consumer [...]

Brian Nzomo

2 months ago

African Aviation Experts Endorse Model Deal to Unlock Open Skies

Aviation experts from 19 countries across five African regional blocs have endorsed a model bilateral air services agreement, a step officials say could accelerate the continent’s decades-long push to liberalize [...]

Fred Obura

2 months ago

RwandAir Expands Fleet With Two Planes, Expects a Third in Q4

RwandAir, Rwanda's national carrier, has expanded its fleet in August with two leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bolstering its capacity for short and medium-haul flights. “RwandAir is pleased to have resolved [...]

Staff Reporter

2 months ago

Kenya Airways Share Price Dips by 20% After KSh 12.15Bn Half-Year Loss

Kenya Airways shares fell sharply on Wednesday after the airline posted a KSh 12.15 billion half-year loss for the six months ended June 2025, its third-largest interim loss on record. [...]

Harry Njuguna

2 months ago

Kenya Airways Swings Back to Losses

Kenya Airways swung to a KSh 12.15 billion half-year net loss for the period ended June 30, 2025, from a KSh 513 million profit a year earlier. Total revenue declined [...]

Harry Njuguna

2 months ago

Parliament Proposes New Use of Aviation Levy Proceeds

Parliament has introduced a bill that could change how proceeds from the country’s aviation levy, charged per passenger, are distributed, with the Cabinet Secretary retaining powers to adjust the US$ [...]

Fred Obura

2 months ago

COMESA to Probe Proposed Acquisition of Two Planes Leased by Kenya Airways

The COMESA Competition Commission has opened an inquiry into the proposed acquisition of two planes currently leased in Kenya, in a deal involving global lessor Azorra Aviation Holdings, LLC and [...]

Fred Obura

2 months ago

Kenya's Airports to Phase Out Use of Toxic Firefighting Foams

Kenya is among five countries whose major airports are set to benefit from a US$ 82.5 million project to phase out firefighting foams containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), hazardous [...]

Staff Reporter

2 months ago

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