Kevin85ify
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No it is Nairobi-Mombasa with 12 daily flights.
Kwani route ya Dar- Entebe Haina abiriia nini ???
Kwani route ya Dar- Entebe Haina abiriia nini ???
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Geza Ulole
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Evidence?
Kevin85ify
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Where is yours after lying through your teeth? KQ is in fact leaving those eac routes(Entebbe, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Kigali, Juba and Bujumbura ) to its low cost subsidiary Jambo jet (Which operates a fleet bigger than ATCL with 6 aircrafts),while retaining mombasa firmly in its grasp Jambo jet flies to Tanzania and Uganda more than KQ. Jambo jet the child of KQ has a license to fly to 14 african countries.
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Kenya Airways to leave Skyteam?
30 Jan 2019 by Alex McWhirter
Kenya Airways could be the next carrier to cancel its membership of alliance Skyteam.
China Southern ceased its Skyteam membership earlier this month. The Guangzhou-based airline favours close operation with other carriers, the latest being British Airways and Finnair.
Now industry publication ATW reports that Nairobi-based Kenya Airways is considering whether it is worth remaining with Skyteam. It might prefer its current JVs with Air France and KLM instead.
ATW quotes the airline’s Polish CEO Sebastian Mikosz as saying, “What advantage would we have to stay in Skyteam? The question for us is to stay or leave the alliance.”
“JVs are really business-driven and have a very deep economic sense. You can easily compete with another member of the same alliance while you don’t compete with your JV partner.”
Another reason is the cost of alliance membership and the fact that Kenya Airways is not exactly flush with cash.
Indeed, as Business Travellerreported in 2016, Kenya Airways had to raise much-needed cash by selling its one and only London Heathrow slot for US$75 million.
That record price in 2016 has never been beaten. Kenya Air currently leases its Heathrow slot from Dutch airline KLM.
Some observers say it was an ill-judged decision by Kenya Airways to launch transatlantic service to New York last October, and then soon after to tell the US media it would like to extend services to other US gateways, namely Atlanta and Washington DC.
The transatlantic is one of the world’s most competitive markets.
Establishing a presence in North America (this was Kenya Airways’ first transatlantic foray) is both time-consuming and costly. Over the years many airlines have tried and failed with North American services.
So it was hardly a surprise that after operating Nairobi-New York for little more than a couple of weeks Kenya Airways announced it was reducing services owing to weak demand.
A Kenya Airways official told the local Daily Nation, “It is common practice to reduce frequencies, downgrade or even upgrade flights to balance costs and revenue.”
In which case, is it smart business to start a daily service knowing it couldn’t be filled in the weeks and months ahead?
Another African carrier is finding the US a tricky market. Ethiopian Airlines will be rejigging schedules and from mid-February will be cancelling its Addis Ababa-Los Angeles route. This flight had been operating via Dublinuntil last December, but then it was decided to route via Lome (Togo).
One wonders whether that affected the route’s profitability because Ethiopian Airlines previously had fifth-freedom rights between Dublin and Los Angeles, which meant it could carry passengers between these two cities.
Further developments are awaited.
kenya-airways.com,ethiopianairlines.com
Tags: Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Skyteam
www.businesstraveller.com
Kenya Airways to leave Skyteam?
30 Jan 2019 by Alex McWhirter
Kenya Airways could be the next carrier to cancel its membership of alliance Skyteam.
China Southern ceased its Skyteam membership earlier this month. The Guangzhou-based airline favours close operation with other carriers, the latest being British Airways and Finnair.
Now industry publication ATW reports that Nairobi-based Kenya Airways is considering whether it is worth remaining with Skyteam. It might prefer its current JVs with Air France and KLM instead.
ATW quotes the airline’s Polish CEO Sebastian Mikosz as saying, “What advantage would we have to stay in Skyteam? The question for us is to stay or leave the alliance.”
“JVs are really business-driven and have a very deep economic sense. You can easily compete with another member of the same alliance while you don’t compete with your JV partner.”
Another reason is the cost of alliance membership and the fact that Kenya Airways is not exactly flush with cash.
Indeed, as Business Travellerreported in 2016, Kenya Airways had to raise much-needed cash by selling its one and only London Heathrow slot for US$75 million.
That record price in 2016 has never been beaten. Kenya Air currently leases its Heathrow slot from Dutch airline KLM.
Some observers say it was an ill-judged decision by Kenya Airways to launch transatlantic service to New York last October, and then soon after to tell the US media it would like to extend services to other US gateways, namely Atlanta and Washington DC.
The transatlantic is one of the world’s most competitive markets.
Establishing a presence in North America (this was Kenya Airways’ first transatlantic foray) is both time-consuming and costly. Over the years many airlines have tried and failed with North American services.
So it was hardly a surprise that after operating Nairobi-New York for little more than a couple of weeks Kenya Airways announced it was reducing services owing to weak demand.
A Kenya Airways official told the local Daily Nation, “It is common practice to reduce frequencies, downgrade or even upgrade flights to balance costs and revenue.”
In which case, is it smart business to start a daily service knowing it couldn’t be filled in the weeks and months ahead?
Another African carrier is finding the US a tricky market. Ethiopian Airlines will be rejigging schedules and from mid-February will be cancelling its Addis Ababa-Los Angeles route. This flight had been operating via Dublinuntil last December, but then it was decided to route via Lome (Togo).
One wonders whether that affected the route’s profitability because Ethiopian Airlines previously had fifth-freedom rights between Dublin and Los Angeles, which meant it could carry passengers between these two cities.
Further developments are awaited.
kenya-airways.com,ethiopianairlines.com
Tags: Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Skyteam
Kenya Airways to leave Skyteam? – Business Traveller
The airline’s CEO is quoted as saying: “What advantage would we have by staying in Skyteam? … JVs are really business-driven and make very deep economic sense.
www.businesstraveller.com
Kafrican
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Hata route ya Nairobi- Entebbe kuna kampuni nyingi sana zimeshikilia.. Kwamfano KQ pekee inasafirisha abiria 184,000 kati ya entebe na Nairobi, kunazo kampuni nyinngi zengine ambazo zinasafiri route hio hio nazo zimeshikilia hio route... kampuni kama fly540, African express... etc
Hao abiria 184K kwa mwaka kupitia KQ inamaanisha wastani ya abiria 504 kila siku!!!!! safari za ATCL kati ya DAR -Etebbe ni 4 flights a week wakati KQ ni 11 flights a week!!!!! Kwahivyo hauwezi ukaniambia eti mmekamata soko la Dar-Entebbe na hizo safari nne kwa wiki wakati sisi huku tunapiga 11 per week.
Kevin85ify
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Combine that with double daily flights from Nairobi to entebbe by jambo jet.
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Uganda wamekua wakifufua kampuni yao ya ndege kimya kimya bila kelele nyingi kama vile majirani flani wamekua wakifanya....
Kwasasa wameshapokea ndege mbili za CRJ900
Wanatarajia kupokea ndege mbili tena za aina hio mwaka huu September alafu pia wanatarajia ndege mbili za A330-neo kutoka kwa airbus...
Safari ya kwanza ya Ugandan Airlines nje ya nchi itakua ni ya kwenda Nairobi. Tukumbuke ATCL ilipoanzisha safari za Nje Uganda ndo ilikua nchi kubwa ya kwanza (Ilianza na comoros na Burundi )..... Sasa Uganda imekwepa kuregesha asante kwa ATCL kwa kuanza kusafiri huko... Alafu Uganda itakua inasafiri mara mbili kwa siku kuja Nairobi na Juba ilhali safari za Dar zitakua ni safari moja kwa siku.... Hii inammanisha kulingana na utafiti uliofanywa na Uganda Air, route ya Entebbe - Dar haina abiria wengi ndio maana wataweka 1 flight a day..... ATCL where you at?????? hebu tupatieni takwimu .
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On August 28, Uganda Airlines will launch its commercial flights with an inaugural flight to Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi.
It will, thereafter, fly twice every day to Nairobi and Juba (South Sudan) in addition to a single flight to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania’s commercial capital, plus four weekly flights to Mogadishu, Somalia.
Flying again after more than 17 years since it was grounded, Uganda Airlines comes with an ambitious plan that its directors hope will position the airline in a vantage point to capture a sizeable share of the nearly two million travelers that fly in and out of the country annually.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) records show that more than 1.8 million passengers were handled by Entebbe International Airport in 2018, up from 1.65 million the year before. There is also a recorded growth of 41.9 percent in the number of domestic passenger traffic between 2017 and 2018, which Uganda Airlines wants to leverage on to outpace the foreign players.
In 2017, the number of domestic passengers were 18,824, and moved up to 26,711 in 2018.
“The success of a national carrier comes from the support the home market gives it. We want you [Ugandans] to own this airline, we want you to patronize it,” said Ephraim Bagyenda, the Uganda Airlines chief executive officer (CEO), during a media launch of the airline in Kampala recently.
Efforts to revive the airline gained momentum in April with the delivery of two CRJ900 aircraft from Bombardier but a lengthy certification and licensing process held back plans to have the commercial flights commence in July. This process was concluded on July 30, the day International Air Transport Association (IATA) confirmed the allocation of the UR code to the airline – allowing it to start ticketing for its flights.
“We want to disrupt the market, we are not coming as underdogs in the industry, we are coming to compete with the big names in the industry,” said Jennifer Bamuturaki, the airline’s commercial director.
The airline promises lower fares to its destinations. Its two-month promotional fares are slightly lower than the existing fares by other market players.
The promotional rates for return tickets are $278 (Nairobi), $225 (Juba), $590 (Mogadishu), $286 (Dar-es-Salaam), $292 (Bujumbura), $325 (Mombasa) and $311(Kilimanjaro). How they plan to compete with just two aircraft, Bamuturaki said, they will in the meantime rely on partnerships with other airlines.
“Until we take delivery of the remaining two CRJ900s, we shall be flying to those four destinations but that does not mean that we won’t be marketing the other routes in our plan. We are going to sign interline agreements with other players in the market,” Bamuturaki said.
Interline agreements enable airlines to handle passengers traveling on itineraries that require multiple flights on multiple airlines. Such an agreement allows passengers to change from one flight on one airline to another airline without having to check-in again.
Once the second pair of CRJ900 is delivered in September, the airline will expand its wings with additional flights to Bujumbura (Burundi), Mombasa (Kenya) and Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) as it awaits the delivery of the two A330-neo aircraft from Airbus for its long-haul routes.
The initial planned long-haul routes are to London and Guangzhou (China) with additional routes to Mumbai (India) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates) under consideration.
DESTINATION UGANDA
“Our mandate is to market Uganda as a tourism destination. In doing this, we have some areas to focus on: the people – Uganda as a country with different ethnicities, our different cultures and the places; our natural attractions that make travelers want to come to Uganda,” Bamuturaki said.
Bamuturaki said their marketing strategy has, however, been received with negativity from Ugandans probably because of lack of information.
“If I am marketing destination Uganda, I don’t market it to Ugandans but to the outside world who don’t know about Uganda. And when in Uganda, I advertise everywhere I fly,” Bamuturaki said.
Meanwhile, Uganda Airlines has signed a one-year contract with National Aviation Services (NAS) to ground handle for the airline.
“As we build capacity so that we can ground handle ourselves, NAS (formerly Entebbe Handling Services [Enhas] will offer the service but our coming does not mean that we are going to force the others out,” Bagyenda said.
NAS, DAS Handling Limited and Fresh Handling Limited which specialises in handling exports of cut flowers, horticultural and agricultural products, are the three licensed ground handling companies at Entebbe.
sadabkk@observer.ug
A330-neo artistic image courtesy of Airbus
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Nicxie
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Ndio maana mko LDC, mko busy na Kenya toka enzi za Nyerere mkasahau mnafaa kujiendeleza
Kafrican
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Kwasasa Kenya ndo inacho, JKIA inapokea abiria wengi kuliko ukichanganya abiria wa international airport zote za TZ! Lakini hilosi jambo la kuvunja moyo, bado inchi inaendelea kukua kiuchumi kila mwaka, mkijipanga vizuri bado mna uwezo wa kuingia kwenye game, Rwanda air ilianza kama mchezo lakini baada ya Rwanda kuji market kama MICE destination (Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions ) na kujenga state of the art international conference center, mwaka jana kwa mara ya kwanza wali host international conference nyingi kuliko Kenya.... Na Rwanda air ilifaidika sana kutokana na hiyo mikutano
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Meanwhile KQ yatuzwa kule Nigeria kwa kutoa huduma nzuri bila kuchelewa
enya Airways has been feted by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for exemplary services.
The Authority’s Director for Consumer Protection Adamu Abdullahi said the out of the 244 flights it operated in Nigeria for the past half year, only 68 had been delayed, 2 cancelled and 1 had a ramp return.
Additionally, the Authority only received one complain registered against the national carrier.
Earlier on, KATA officials who are on an official visit to Nigeria held a meeting with the Kenya Airways Country Manager Mr. Hafeez Balogun at their offices in Ikeja, Lagos.
The meeting focused on how Kenya Airways as the bridge that connects East Africa and West Africa could support the partnership and collaboration between Kenya Travel Agents and their counterparts in Nigeria through their respective Associations.
Both Associations lauded the commitment and support they had received from Kenya Airways in their home markets.
enya Airways has been feted by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for exemplary services.
The Authority’s Director for Consumer Protection Adamu Abdullahi said the out of the 244 flights it operated in Nigeria for the past half year, only 68 had been delayed, 2 cancelled and 1 had a ramp return.
Additionally, the Authority only received one complain registered against the national carrier.
Earlier on, KATA officials who are on an official visit to Nigeria held a meeting with the Kenya Airways Country Manager Mr. Hafeez Balogun at their offices in Ikeja, Lagos.
The meeting focused on how Kenya Airways as the bridge that connects East Africa and West Africa could support the partnership and collaboration between Kenya Travel Agents and their counterparts in Nigeria through their respective Associations.
Both Associations lauded the commitment and support they had received from Kenya Airways in their home markets.
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Wabongo wengi walikua wanalazimika kuna Nairobi ndio waende Jozi, next yr hao abiria wa Jozi hawawezi kua wengi hivyo. ..