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Kenya, East Africa’s economic nerve centre, was in the dark at 9.45 pm (1845 GMT) on Friday, plunging people and industries into the most prolonged nationwide blackout. Utility Kenya Power stated that the electricity outage was due to “a system disturbance”.

As lights flickered back on for nearly 24 hours later, a game of blame took centre stage, leaving the nation and analysts puzzled and raising concerns about Kenya’s energy infrastructure, emergency preparedness, and overall management.…

• The Kenya Association of Air Operators (KAAO) has urged the government to review the increasing number of taxes in the aviation sector as they are negatively impacting the sector in Kenya
• KAAO Chief Executive Officer Liz Aluvanze said Kenya is the only country regionally and globally levying several taxes on aircraft, spare parts and aviation fuel.
• This has led to a worrying decline in the development and growth of the sector resulting in job losses and migration of maintenance activities to neighbouring states.

The Kenya Association of Air Operators (KAAO) has urged the government to review the increasing number of taxes in the aviation sector as they are negatively impacting the sector in Kenya. 

KAAO Chief Executive Officer Liz Aluvanze said Kenya is the only country regionally and globally levying several taxes on aircraft, spare parts and aviation fuel making the industry uncompetitive and unsustainable amid a surge in global …

A new report has revealed the busiest airports in Africa in handling cargo traffic. The annual Africa airport traffic report 2021 released by Airports Council International (ACI) Africa on Monday, August 8, 2022, showed that 2.15 million metric tons of cargo transited through African airports. This represented around 1.7 per cent of the global cargo volume.

During the period under review, cargo traffic growth increased by 11.6 per cent compared to 2020. This came after airlines resumed operations following the devastating COVID-19 pandemic that had led to the grounding of planes.

Which airports handled the most cargo in 2021?…

Kenyan-based low-cost carrier Jambojet has announced plans to begin operations to North Kivu Capital, Goma in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as to the Kenyan coastal island of Lamu.

In a statement, the carrier says the move is part of its expansion program, at a time when the coronavirus pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on the aviation sector in the region as well as across the world.

The company said its inaugural flight to Goma will be on 10th September 2021, starting with 2 frequencies weekly, with flights expected to grow to 4 frequencies weekly, flying on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.

The airline announced that it will be flying to Lamu 4 times weekly, starting 15th September 2021.

Commenting on the announcement, Jambojet Board of Directors Chairman Vincent Rague said the expansion plan has been in motion for 3 years.

“Three years ago, …

Conducting relevant research on the tourism industry will play a key role in the revival of the tourism sector in Kenya, Kenya’s Ministry of tourism Cabinet secretary Najib Balala has said.

The research analysis is set to determine the Kenyan destination preparedness, management and recovery, in times of crises, all guided by policies emanating from and informed by scientific research.

“Resilience and tourism development is a weighty but critical matter whose level of significance cannot be underrated. We, therefore, must endeavor to appreciate the diverse crises that are likely to affect us and create ways in which we can shape tourist thinking and actions through provision of resources and knowledge, without creating fear,” said CS Balala.

The CS acknowledged the fact that, we have the Covid-19 Pandemic with us in addition to other possible future threats that may affect the industry.

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JKIA has witnessed a significant boost in air cargo traffic to and from Europe, Asia, America, and most recently China and Australia.…

When Kenya Airways inaugurated its first direct flight to the US, the fanfare and expectations were only comparable to the athletics events where Kenya does exploits on the global scene.

The launch could not have come at a better time when the company is seeking to cement its prominence as the Pride of Africa.

As the airline celebrates the first year of operating non-stop flights between Nairobi and New York, the JF Kennedy International Airport Terminal 4 Chief Executive Officer, Roel Huinink, says from a business perspective, the Nairobi-New York route is an important addition in its network development.

KQ’s 105,000 passengers in a year

Speaking to Kenya’s Chams Media, Huinink said, “It is a very important destination and also as a tourist destination it is high on the calendar of many people. It gives the Americans a very good opportunity to visit the beautiful country of Kenya and …

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is the 2nd fastest growing airport in the word cargo ranking. This has been revealed in the Airports Council International (ACI) latest World Airport Traffic Report, which highlights top airports for passengers, cargo and aircraft movements and showcases the world’s fastest-growing airports for 2018.

JKIA was ranked 2nd in the ‘Fastest Growing Airports (Handing over 250,000 metric tons of air cargo)’ category, after handling over 342,000 metric tons of air cargo in 2018, a 25% growth from the what was reported in the year 2017.

This ranking came as a surprise to many given the dwindling fortunes of Kenya Airways which has been facing a hard economic time coupled with staff strikes and poor profitability. Kenya Airways management has fallen out with its pilots over continued losses at the airline, in the latest of many stand-offs between the two groups. This is in the wake of …