Review: Kenya Airways - It takes a while to build up route demand

[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

After 2 months? For the specific NYR-NBO route you can't really guage that route based on the performance of such a short period... At the end of this year if you ask those questions I will be able to answer you...

Last year, USA was the leading contributor of Tourists to Kenya, most of these tourist visit Kenya between two high seasons, one in around march during Easter holidays / summer holidays , and another high around aughust where there is also the wildbeest migration, KQ has yet to experience this high season....
And like I said, it takes time to build route demand, last year even the security guards at JFK didn't know where KQ's boarding gate was located because they didn't know if KQ existed, there has now been enough campaigns and enough collaborations with booking agents in the American market we should see more brand recognition moving forward

Lets be realistic, ET has just revamped its USA routes by adding more US destinations..and as you can notice, they always stopover in West Africa to pick up more passangers, to them this is a business but to KQ direct rigts is for bragging rights..We all know how this will end

 

[NairobiWalker]

The brutal truth is KQ fares r higher than a qualitywise superior ET! Even Kenyans themselves avoid their National airline n passengers from Kenya alone r not enough to fill all the seats in a dreamliner.

No one with sharp senses from East Africa or Southern Africac or West Africa will choose KQ over ET. The proximity of Nairobi n Addis Ababa make the matter even worse. I hear Somalia route launch has been cancelled indefinitely.

What happened to FastJet's cheaper fares?

 

[kennedy0000]

Lets be realistic, ET has just revamped its USA routes by adding more US destinations..and as you can notice, they always stopover in West Africa to pick up more passangers, to them this is a business but to KQ direct rigts is for bragging rights..We all know how this will end

KQ does the same with passengers from Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda etc..
It brings them to Nairobi so that they can fly to New York direct. Why stop in West Africa when Nairobi is the hub?

 

[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

KQ does the same with passengers from Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda etc..
It brings them to Nairobi so that they can fly to New York direct. Why stop in West Africa when Nairobi is the hub?

Because market research says that West Africa has very tight links with American economy. Nothing woul stop ET from flying everyone to bole and then direct to USA..
But for them, flying to america is business not dick measuring

 

[kennedy0000]

Because market research says that West Africa has very tight links with American economy. Nothing woul stop ET from flying everyone to bole and then direct to USA..
But for them, flying to america is business not dick measuring

Kenya Airways has been doing that for years. Passing through different cities. And it still is not stopping.
Only that now there is a separate direct flight for those who want.
At least we're not flying our dreamliners to Mwanza.

 

[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

Kenya Airways has been doing that for years. Passing through different cities. And it still is not stopping.
Only that now there is a separate direct flight for those who want.
At least we're not flying our dreamliners to Mwanza.

It takes time for a new airline to get landing rights and ICAO approvals..So yes the dreamliner must first do local routes..
inferiority complex is trying to compare KQ with a previously dead airline like ATCL

 

[kennedy0000]

It takes time for a new airline to get landing rights and ICAO approvals..So yes the dreamliner must first do local routes..
inferiority complex is trying to compare KQ with a previously dead airline like ATCL

It also took time for Kenya to get direct landing rights from Nairobi. So KQ will utilize it.
And the passenger numbers are impressive.

 

[eliakeem]

Lets be realistic, ET has just revamped its USA routes by adding more US destinations..and as you can notice, they always stopover in West Africa to pick up more passangers, to them this is a business but to KQ direct rigts is for bragging rights..We all know how this will end

You are right. To have a technical stop in West Afrika adds meaning. direct rout to JFK is just a window dressing. nothing tangible will come out of it, only loss.

 

[Kafrican]

It takes time for a new airline to get landing rights and ICAO approvals..So yes the dreamliner must first do local routes..
inferiority complex is trying to compare KQ with a previously dead airline like ATCL

Ama kweli wewe ni Tanzanian lover, Eti KQ is dead and ATCL(which doesnot even fly outside its territory) is 'Alive!!"

 

[Depay]

Hebu let's discuss about the wingless ATCL.....or whatever it is....It will take 500 years for it to be where KQ is.....