She's techsavvy, business savvy and yes a powerful minister in Africa's most populous nation. Nigeria's new aviation Minister Princess Stella Oduah is a super woman, with a wealth of experience in the...
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Nigerian Aviation
Turkish Airlines announced earlier this week that their intention to begin flights between Istanbul and Kigali by April next year. The information was given in Kigali by the THY Chief Executive Dr. Temel Kotil when he met with President Paul Kagame.It was also announced that cooperation between RwandAir and Turkish will be stepped up, with codeshare arrangements being put into place under which the two partners can choose a range of ‘beyond’ destinations from the hubs in Istanbul and Kigali. Fleet maintenance and capacity building support was also...
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Rwandan Aviation
The Kenya Airport Authority only managed to pour more fuel into the fire of discontent over their dismal performance of late, when their Managing Director yesterday blamed vandals for the power outages.Incompetent?...
Kenyan operator Phoenix Aviation is introducing an MD-83 which will suit North African and Middle East charter requirements. The aircraft has just returned from South Africa where its interior was completely...
Interesting stats and insight here on Kenyan airlines' Intrernational market. For more information and stats visit OAG Max Online which provides comprehensive schedules database for over 1000 airlines...
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african aviation
Located on Africa’s east coast, Kenya is roughly the same size as mainland France and has an estimated population of just over 40 million. Famous for its tea, coffee, flowers and athletes, tourism plays...
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Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways, the Pride of Africa, recently launched an online donation platform, Change Makes Change, to help fund its Corporate Social Responsibiluty programs. The airline's CSR programs...
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Kenya Airways
It's been "birthday week in our house"; first my oldest daughter who turned four, and then myself two days later. We've had a blast joyously celebrating with birthday ice cream with sprinkles:and...
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Cookbook Review
dessert
Sorry, there haven't been many posts this week (ok, any at all) but what can I say it's been summer and I've been busy. I promise after we get through our big BBQ this weekend I'll shower you with lots...
Black fungus has a medicinal value. It is also known as cloud ears or 'bok nee'. Take it once a week to lower cholesterol and blood pressure. It also helps to improve in blood circulationIngredients: 2...
This is a vegetable that we seldom find in the market. It is a leafy vegetable with soft leaves. When cooked it has a dark green colour and tastes good. Some people call it duck vegetables because the...
Konnyaku jelly is a traditional Japanese health food.. It is a popular desserts among kids and adults. It has a slightly chewy and bouncy texture. Fruits are added to the jelly to make it more interesting...
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its 5th Boeing 777-200LR. Named The Sahara, the brand new 777-200LR arrived at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport late last week.Ethiopian Airlines has...
The Namibian government has increased the bailout amount for the nation's national carrier Air Namibia with a promise that this will be the last time it will be coming to the aid of the struggling carrier.The billion-dollar package was worked on a turnaround plan that was approved by the Namibian cabinet. the new business plan, developed by IATA Consulting, will see Air Namibia produce a well develop network that results in a better product attractive to higher yielding customers and to potential airline partners.New routes yet to be developed,...
Zimbabwe’s Harare International Airport will have the longest runaway in Africa following a major facelift aimed at luring back major airlines back into the country according to Zimbabwean officials. Zimbabwe's economic freefall that brought the country to its knees also drove airlines away from the country as the route became uneconomical due to a dip in tourist arrivals and trade.The economy has been rebounding following a power-sharing agreement signed with the opposition and one of the sectors the administration has been keen onrevining...
A reblog: Simpliflying interviews Mango Airlines CEO Nico BezuidenhoutAlmost everyone reading this blog books most of their airline tickets online. Without question, it is the easiest and most cost-effective way (for all parties involved) to make a booking. So it makes sense that a start-up airline would focus its distribution strategy around direct online sales. However, imagine if you were tasked with launching an airline in a market where only 10 percent of the people have reliable Internet access. And of those, a small percentage...
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Airline Social Media
Just received thisOman Air, the rapidly growing national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman is seeking a representative partners for Kenya & Uganda.Ideally, your organisation will be well established and can demonstrate strong links to the aviation and tourism related sectors.Your influence with trade, commercial and government bodies would be viewed positively in support of your application as would your head office facilities. Oman Air will provide a commitment to excellence and your sales team would be mentored by our Country Manager thus...
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Happy Monday! How was your weekend, readers? Over here, the past two weekends Mr. S. and I have been experimenting with different pulled pork recipes. Last weekend we tried cooking it on the BBQ and topping...
"Kenya is our third biggest market in Africa after South Africa and Nigeria," was the statement made earlier in the week, when Emirates’ Nairobi office launched the airline’s premium product upgrades...
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Aviation in Kenya is generally a thriving industry with the number of aircraft registered and the daily flights recorded at the main airports, at Wilson, and across the entire country’s airfields and airstrips dwarfing the entire rest of the East African Community. No cause for concern then one might think. Think again.Jet aviation, connecting Nairobi with Malindi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret, has seen a mighty change take place when Kenya Airways (KQ) decided to return to the domestic aviation market per force, re-constituting the shuttle to and...
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Kenya Airways
More than 100 Nigerian passengers scheduled to be airlifted home by Arik Air, are presently stranded at the Dakar Airport, Senegal, due to the inability of the Nigerian carrier to pay Senegalese authority airport chargesDaily Independent learnt that Arik Air was supposed to convey the passengers Nigeria since July 13, but that since the airline has failed to take them home, they are still stranded in the country.A female passenger Chinwe Mezue, who called from Senegal, said that over 100 passengers have been abandoned by the airline, adding that...
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Nigeria
Kenya Airways chief, Titus Nalkuni, has rejected claims by AFRAA that Gulf airlines pose a threat to African aviation growth by poaching staff.“We have lost just three or four staff to a Gulf airline...
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Kenya Airways
Air Nigeria is resuming long-haul operations after a nearly three-year hiatus, with A340-300 flights to London Gatwick commencing in Sep-2011. The carrier is also aiming to use its newly acquired A340-300 fleet to resume flights to Johannesburg and launch Washington Dulles with the latter designed to supplement its new codeshare service via Delta Air Lines to Atlanta and New York.The Air Nigeria-Delta codeshare, which commenced last month, is an important step to ensure the continued growth of trade and travel between the US and Nigeria. Delta...
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Nigeria
The head of the African Airline Association (AFRAA) hit out today at the Gulf carriers and other Middle East aviation companies for poaching staff and gaining unfair route advantages over African airlinesElijah Chingosho, AFRAA’s secretary general said at an Embraer-organised airline business seminar in Nairobi today, that his organisation has written to the African Union to make formal complaints against Middle Eastern companies that, he said, were potentially destroying the aviation industry across the African continent. Chingosho named...
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The third busiest airport in Kenya has seen a transformation from domestic to international standards, raising hopes it will spur regional economic growth and lower the historic poverty levels.Kisumu...
The ‘Dreamliner turned Nightmare’ scenario seems to continue unabated, as Boeing had to admit to yet another delay, this one caused by the need to re-engineer sections of the aircraft already under assembly...
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Ethiopian Airlines
Information was received overnight from Kigali confirming that the long awaited consultants’ report about the design proposals for the new international airport ‘Bugesera’ will be published next month, allowing stakeholders and the public at large to study it in detail. Rwanda is presently connected to the world via Kanombe International Airport in Kigali but it was felt that a second, state of the art international airport would be crucial to the country’s future economic and social development. The time frame for the development of the new aviation...
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Rwandan Aviation
Construction on the expanded runway, taxiway and apron is gradually nearing completion at the Kisumu airport, after the terminal building and other facilities had been upgraded and expanded before already. The ‘new’ Kisumu airport, which on the occasion of ‘inaugurating’ it by the end of July is expected to be named a new international airport, will then have runway of 3.3 kilometres length, capable for the landing and takeoff by all wide bodied aircraft presently in use. Passenger throughput capacity has been raised to as many as 700 per hour,...
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Kisumu International Airport
Earlier this morning was East Africa’s most important aviation gateway, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, again hit by a power outage, delaying incoming and outgoing flights.Kenya Airways just moments ago tweeted their return to normal operations to their thousands of followers on Twitter, and also announced the same on their Facebook page, to reach as many as possible – notably with an apology while the Kenya Airport Authority, responsible for the repeated mess, remains shtumm as usual.Said one regular source from JIKA to this correspondent...
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Nairobi Airport
SACK THEM, ALL OF THEM, AND DO IT NOWA second major power failure hit Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport last night, again forcing airlines to divert flights to other airports in Kenya and the region, while awaiting power to be restored.Only two days earlier did the same happen in the early morning hours, when national airline Kenya Airways is ordinarily processing thousands of connecting passengers from regional destinations flying via Nairobi. Over a dozen flights had to be diverted, at airlines’ expense to such places like Mombasa,...
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Nairobi Airport
Inspite of continuously high fuel prices and inflationary pressures on airlines have fares between Entebbe and Nairobi started to move again, downwards that is. According to travel agents, keenly monitoring these developments to give their clients the best possible deal, return flights now sell from US Dollars 268, all inclusive on Fly 540, closely followed by Air Uganda from where tickets are available at US Dollars 270. Yet, market leader Kenya Airways is not far behind either with the lowest fare quoted at US Dollars 273, making it a tight race...
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Uganda Aviation
The Civil Aviation Authority over the weekend released information that the airport was cleared by an inspection panel of Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, to serve as an emergency landing airport, following successful ‘simulations’ being carried out. It is understood that the airline was seeking landing site options for emergency diversions which might occur in flight. A source at the CAA added that the airport was cleared however with the restriction that upon landing the two outer engines needed to be shut down for taxiing as the width...
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