Kenya Airways Cargo receives IATA’s CEIV certification for pharmaceutical logistics excellence

Kenya Airways Cargo has been awarded the Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification by IATA for the KQ Pharma Facility. This positive accreditation formally endorses the airline’s sustained ability to safely handle high-value, time-sensitive, and temperature-controlled transportation of pharmaceuticals, with the speed and consistency expected by shipper requirements. The KQ pharma facility […]

Cargo Flash & Kenya Airways celebrate 12 month’s of partnership

Kenya Airways Cargo is celebrating the one-year anniversary of their successful implementation of Cargo Flash Infotech’s next-generation ‘nGen’ Integrated Cargo Management System (ICMS). This new system replaced their divergent legacy systems with a single, highly scalable and secure nGen ICMS. This combined system includes Cargo Reservation System (RES), Cargo Revenue Accounting (CRA) System, Cargo Handling […]

Kenya Airways holds its 46th AGM virtually

Kenya Airways PLC (KQ) held its 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) attended by its shareholders virtually. The AGM led by Kenya Airways board chairman, Michael Joseph, was the company’s third virtual AGM that presented to the shareholders a review of the audited financial results and business performance for the year ending 31st December 2021. According […]

Kenya Airways resumes Dubai flights

National carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced the resumption of daily flights to Dubai effective January 31, 2022. This follows the ease on travel restrictions that had been issued by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) on flights from Kenya and other African nations. The lifting of the travel ban into and out of Dubai […]

Kenya Airways and ITA Airways sign codeshare agreement

Kenya Airways and ITA Airways, Italy’s new flag carrier, have announced a codeshare agreement providing seamless connections for passengers and cargo from the Kenya Airways network to destinations across Europe. From Nairobi with Kenya Airways routes will connect to 13 destinations in Italy: Brindisi, Bologna, Bari, Catania, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Napoli, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Torino, […]

Kenya Airways begins flights from Juba to Khartoum

National Carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ), will begin flights from Juba to Khartoum from today, counter-rotating on an Embraer 190 and boosting its schedule to 10x weekly from the current 7 flights from Juba and 3x weekly flights to Khartoum. As the region recovers from a challenging period, the expansion of the network will provide much […]

Boeing backs Fahari Innovation Hub

Boeing has announced a partnership with Kenya Airways to support its recently launched Fahari Innovation Hub. The announcement ceremony took place at the Dubai Airshow 2021, with Kuljit Ghata-Aura, president of Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa, and Allan Kilavuka, group managing director and CEO of Kenya Airways, in attendance. Launched in July 2021, the Kenya Airways’ […]

Kenya Airways partners with Congo Airways

Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways PLC (KQ), has signed an aircraft lease agreement and begun operating a cargo codeshare partnership with Congo Airways. The agreement will see Kenya Airways lease two Embraer E190 jets to Congo Airways, boosting domestic operations and flight frequencies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In addition, Kenya Airways has […]

KQ: “We want to connect Africa as much as we can”

In 2021, the world is a small place. The air cargo industry creates lifelines from all corners of the world and if the pandemic has highlighted anything, it’s the importance of these air bridges on all aspects of life and trade. As the world restarts again, airlines are resuming routes and adding new destination to […]

KQ launches Fahari Innovation Challenge

Kenya Airways PLC (KQ) has launched the Fahari Innovation Challenge, a springboard for new ideas and data-driven innovations to accelerate impact-driven solutions that address some of the societal and business challenges. The Fahari Innovation Hub is part of KQ’s strategy in contributing to the sustainable development of Africa by empowering, partnering and co-creating innovative ideas and […]

Kenya Airways to resume flights to London

Kenya Airways PLC (KQ) is resuming flights to Heathrow from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The direct flights are set to restart from the June 26 2021 following the lifting of the suspension of flights to/ from the United Kingdom by the Government of Kenya. “The resumption of flights to London, United Kingdom (UK) is […]

Kenya Airways and Skyports to launch drone delivery service in Kenya

Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skyports to collaborate on launching permanent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations in the country. This collaboration brings together Kenya Airways’ significant expertise in aviation services and Skyports’ drone delivery logistics service, Delivery by Skyports. In the coming three months, the partnership aims […]

KQ’s Mission: COVID-19 & Africa’s disease burden

Across the African continent, the lack of medical resources and personnel continues to be a major challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted businesses as governments grapple with handling the health crisis. Prior to the outbreak of the virus, Africa was already confronting one of its biggest challenges; the disease burden. According to the World […]

Kenya Airways appoints new cargo GSAs in Europe

Kenya Airways has appointed the Paris-based ECS Group as the new cargo sales and service representatives for Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and the Nordics effective June 2020. The ECS Group will be tasked with commercializing airfreight capacity and handle all local cargo operations in these areas. They will also identify and open up new markets, customer […]

Kenya Airways and TAL Aviation embark on new ventures

Kenya Airways and TAL Aviation cargo divisions have signed an agreement, making it the first time TAL Aviation will be providing cargo and logistics services for the airline. Headed by Anita Mirchandani, TAL Aviation’s country manager Ivory Coast, the team will be providing a variety of cargo and logistics services throughout its market as sole […]

Kenya Airways picks GSAs for Geneva and Rome flights

Kenya Airways has appointed cargo GSAs and warehousing partners for its new flights from Geneva and Rome to Nairobi. In Geneva, GACSA and been appointed the GSA with Swissport providing warehouse services, with IAS Air Cargo acting as GSA in Rome and XPH operating the warehouse. They will provide services for Kenya Airways on the […]

Industry remains hungry for guacamole, salmon and wine

British taste for frozen guacamole from Mexico has created good business for Panalpina Air Cargo. Forty-two tonnes were moved in six weeks in ten shipments recently. Flown from Guadalajara, Mexico, via Huntsville, USA, to Stansted, UK on scheduled charters of the Panalpina Charter Network, the product was transported on the lower deck of a Panalpina’s […]

New service will bloom for Kenya

The Kenyan horticultural industry, especially its rose growers, look set to benefit from the launch of a Kenya Airways non-stop flight from Nairobi to New York in late October this year. It becomes the first airline to offer a non-stop flight between East Africa and the USA. “We are honoured to contribute to the economic […]

Kenya vibrant as growth rolls on

Growth forecasts are well over five per cent annually at Kenya’s airports, and the cargo picture is one of a vibrant sector with expanding potential. Airfreight is one of the key business and revenue drivers for Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), says marketing and business development manager, Bernard Mogambi. Of three airports managed by KAA, Nairobi’s […]