World bank ranks: Kenya second on logistics

First of all, lets make one thing clear, The GoK has not taken the burden of payion KQ's loan, It has guaranteed, that in the even KQ can't meet her payment obligations, then GoK would take that obligation on behalf..
Make sure you remember your comment when I bring you news of KLM pouring $100M.
KQ is a national carrier, KLM has shares in KQ, there in the business of investing, collectively what KQ owes anyone, KLM shareholding also contributes to that.. So our debt is also their debt. Therefore a company that has debt cannot and can-never go on to guaranteeing debts.. I mean seriously, Do you expect KQ to guarantee paying debts that "precision air of TZ' owes to lenders??? Only a govenment could guarantee such a loan, not a private company, so unless you want to tell me that the French government should have guaranteed the loan for Kenyas national carrier?????

FYI all the 7 dreamliners (1 was leased) are committed to other lucrative routes, even one economists was wondering what would happen once we get Clarence to fly to US as there would be no "free" planes left to fly that route as all the dream-liners we have can't leave the routes they are serving now because they bring maximum revenue.
 
Catch me if you can..... Vrooooom!!!

The Kenya government has said it will construct a new jetty at the Mombasa port to handle refined and crude oil from large tankers.

The jetty near Dongo Kundu will handle tankers with a deadweight of up to 200,000 tonnes. The existing Kipevu oil terminal, which can handle vessels carrying up to 80,000 tonnes, will be linked to the new jetty via an undersea pipeline.

Kenya Ports Authority head of project development Dan Amadi said a contract for building the new terminal would be awarded later this year. He added that Danish engineering firm Niras, which designed the jetty at a cost of $1.7 million, will supervise the construction.

The Kipevu terminal, built in 1963, lacks capacity to meet East Africa’s demand for oil products currently 450 million litres a month. The new jetty also seeks to address safety concerns because the existing terminal is sandwiched between berths that handle container cargo.

326 million litres

A dozen companies from the 31 that tendered bids to construct the jetty are being considered for the job, which is estimated to cost $1.2 billion and to take 30 months to complete.

The ones in the running are Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation, China Gezhouuba Group, Boskalis Dredging & Marine Experts, China CAMC Engineering and Besix, CMR & Van Oord.

The new terminal will have a two-way crude oil pipeline linked to the Kipevu oil storage facility.

The facility will have space for 326 million litres of fuel but its operational capacity will be 269 million litres.

“A total of 4 berths have been provided for and three will be built in the first phase. The berths will have capacity to handle all petroleum products currently imported for the region as well as LPG,” Mr Amadi said.
New jetty to ease Kipevu oil terminal workload
 
KQ has been making loss for the past for years, the expansion plan they were gearing up as their saving grace didn't materialise. But who put them in that situation in the first place, GoK. The government wanted to secure US route so badly so that it would boost other industries agriculture, tourism etc. They ask kQ to go on shopping spree without realising the process of getting US landing rights is lengthy and there no guarantees.

Kenyan media likes to exaggerate things to influence the other party in favor of Kenya (it's their right to do so). But the way they've been reporting this US route, is as if it will be a walk in the park. Now they trying to influence KLM to cough $100 and sink it into KQ, KLM haven't made up their mind yet. Even GoK is trying to influence KLM to stay by guarantee KQ that the government will back them in case they default on their loans.

It's not true that KQ pain is KLM pain, they came to KQ to make money and secure there presences in this corner of the world, they didn't come to lose money which is what is happening now. KQ have tried everything, selling their profitable landing rights, layoff staff, change CEO, reduce its fleet but the needle hasn't moved yet. I won't be surprise if KLM chooses to offload some of its shares.
 
Wow, your ability to make stuff up from thin air to satisfy yourself is amazing... I mean I don't even know where to start.... Have you been telling yourself this so many times that you know believe that is the fact?


What led to KQ loss, is the expansion plan, and not the other way... This started out as an expansion plane code named "Project Mawingu" , google it if you want more info. Project Mawingu started in 2010 (Long before Kenya had any dreams of flying directly to the US).. By 2011, Kenya had placed an order of 9 Boeing 787-8 Dream-liners costing somewhere around $1.6B, but it couldnt pay for all of them, so thats where the Exim bank loan came to bieng... By 2013, JKIA caught fire then we started rebuilding, after rebuilding it one year later when the greenfield terminal was also still in play, thats when the idea of direct flights to US started comming as we were about to start to receive our dreamliners..


KQ started going down after the launch of project Mawingu



Oh and BTW KLM-Air France has made the same loss in 4 Months that it took KQ to make i a whole year in 2015

Air France-KLM widens net loss in 1Q
Air France-KLM has reported a €216 million ($236 million) first-quarter net loss, widened from a €155 million loss in the year-ago period. The group said first quarter trading was “resilient” and that unit revenues had begun to stabilize at -0.5%, following a decline since the end of 2016...


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This are the guys you wanted to guarantee KQ debt???? Once again I say, KQ's loss is also KLMs loss, if KQ had made profits then it would contributed 26% of that to KLMs revenues.. they are not making any profits from these routes.
 
The other aspect is competition around the region mind u Fastjet has changed its fleet to Embraer n Air Tanzania is to also share the frequences with KQ while ET is to start budget airline too. Meanwhile Uganda's oil discoveries mean they can revamp their airline using their oil money. While Rwandair is growing like no one business.

What most important is a new cargo airline Lionair is to be launched in Africa with headquarters in Tanzania. I don't see KQ recovering esp. with Kenya's tourism suffering. Time will tell us n KQ will live to regret squandering the opportunities it had if were not corruption under Naikuni.
 
Its funny everything your saying is the truth and everything I'm saying is the staff made up.

You would like to think the idea to fly to US was born after building Greenfeld terminal, my friend, the idea was on table since Moi era (remember Nigeria have flights to us since 80’s). The horticulture business people have been lobbying this for years, they were desperate to expand there business to US and Canada. Remember, KQ they had aircraft which thry could fly nonstop to US eg Boeing 767 and 777. The attack no Israeli flight from Mombasa didn't help, the bad relationship with IMF was unhelpful, Al shabaab activities in Kenya was shoking and stay away of tourist have hindered the recovery of KQ.

Air France/KLM they really have to weigh there options, you might think that making loss is ok because even them klm are making loss, but at least they have room to maneuver. One of the room to maneuver is to cut their loss with KQ.
 
The area is getting so congested, I can't see single airline dominating these skies like they use to.
 
Mwanzi1 said:
The area is getting so congested, I can't see single airline dominating these skies like they use to.
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Those airlines with huge fleet n making loss will go burst unless being subsidised. Take example of KQ if GoK did not entervene would have collapsed by now..
 
Geza Ulole said:
Those airlines with huge fleet n making loss will go burst unless being subsidised. Take example of KQ if GoK did not entervene would have collapsed by now..
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100%; this what I've been saying, Kafrican thinks that KLM have an open cheque they can splash money to any loss making business. KLM needs to think long and had before making any decision.
 
Kibo welcomes Tanzania moves against mining fraud



From ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania DAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) – JOHANNESBURG Stock Exchange-listed Kibo Mining has welcomed policy and legislative changes aimed at curbing rampant fraud in Tanzania’s mining sector.The company announced it recently held a series of meetings with key Tanzanian stakeholders, which resulted in significant progress for the further development of its Mbeya Coal to Power Project (MCPP).
“Over the past two weeks we have seen strong and committed engagement from all the Tanzanian stakeholders towards moving the MCPP development process forward and the progress meetings on 12 and 13 June underscored this,”said Louis Coetzee, Chief Executive Officer of Kibo Mining. Coetzee disclosed they had “open and frank” discussions with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals on the ongoing public discourse in relation to possible further policy and legislative changes concerning the mining industry.
“We are happy to confirm that our official position in this regard remains unchanged and we believe that the proposed changes and adjustments will in general contribute to a stronger and very robust mining industry in Tanzania going forward.”It has been reported fraud in the mining sector since 1998 has cost Tanzania 75 billion euros ($84 billion).Foreign companies failing to declare revenue have been blamed.
CAJ News

Kibo welcomes Tanzania moves against mining fraud
 
Kibo exempt as Tanzania turns spotlight on mineral export graft
By David McKay -
June 14, 2017


Port of Dar-es-Salaam
POTENTIAL changes in the mining policies of Tanzania would have no affect on plans by Johannesburg-listed Kibo Mining to develop the Mbeya Coal to Power Project (MCPP) in the East African country.

Louis Coetzee, CEO of Kibo, said in an announcement today that meetings with Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM) between 12 to 13 June found that “… the company’s operations are not affected by the current debate on mining policies and the Mining Act”.

On June 12, Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, ordered a review of the country’s mineral laws having in May sacked the country’s energy and minerals minister, Sospeter Muhongo. This was in response to a report that alleged the under-reporting of the value of mining concentrates from Dar-es-Salaam port.

Magufuli also dissolved the Tanzania Mineral Audit Agency board of directors and suspended the agency’s CEO, Dominic Rwekaza for alleged negligence – actions that have come to typify the president’s all-action attack on corruption and perceived incompetence in the country.

Kibo Mining is hoping to build the $17m Mbeya coal mine which has a resource of about 120.8 million tonnes. Production from the mine will supply a proposed 300MW power plant which is expected to cost north of $600m. The company is concluding a preferred bidder arrangement with turnkey project partner, Shandong Electric Power Corporation (SEPCO) which will refund part of Kibo’s initial development costs.

“Over the past two weeks we have seen strong and committed engagement from all the Tanzanian stakeholders towards moving the MCPP development process forward and the progress meetings on 12 and 13 June underscored this,” said Coetzee. There had been “very open and frank discussions” with Tanzania’s MEM on possible further policy and legislative changes. The proposed changes would contribute to a robust mining industry in Tanzania,” he added.

Kibo has been waiting on the Tanzanian government to approve an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment which had now been processed for certification pending a final review.

A special mining licence for the Mbeya coal mine – another outstanding permit – had also been processed and was waiting for final approval pending the certification of the environmental assessment. Coetzee said there was now a clear pathway agreed with the government to have this paperwork completed.

Earlier this week a Presidential Second Committee declared that it was owed tens of billions of dollars by Acacia Mining for undeclared tax and royalties stretching back over years of exports from the mining firm’s Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi mines. Acacia, which is controlled by Barrick Gold, is contesting the committee’s findings.

One of Magufuli’s other acts affecting Tanzania’s mining industry was a decision to ban imports of thermal coal in order to incentivise the country’s domestic coal industry.

As a result, Kibo also plans to implement a ‘product diversification project’. “This strategy will see Mbeya Coal develop its coal mine to produce coal for the Mbeya power plant as its primary client with the domestic coal market as a secondary client,” the company said. “The company has already engaged with the domestic market in this regard with very positive response thus far.”

Kibo exempt as Tanzania turns spotlight on mineral export graft - Miningmx
 
From SSC KQ thread


KQ dreamliner about to start taxing its way to the runway at Mumbaai airport India



Another KQ dreamliner Landing in Paris, France

 
KQ at Heathrow, London




Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner parade AKA Di*k measuring!



Logistical part of moving cargo to and from Africa, KQ has won Cargo airline of the year 4 Consecutive times! including 2017





Bonus


EPL player Victor Wanyama onboard KQ



Source Kenya Airways (@KenyaAirways) | Twitter
 
also from sscKenya page

Wa! Outer Ring road is 'sodomizing' Thika Road without lubrication!
Thika road is bieng humiliated left right and center, When oute ring road is done, he!












those are 4 different roads, how many lanes does this road have??














credit: Mami-wota SSC
 
Flydubai increases frequency to Tanzania

Posted 15 June 2017 · Add Comment

Flydubai is to start flights to Kilimanjaro from 29 October.

The relaunched service to the carrier’s third point in Tanzania, along with Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, will see Flydubai’s network in Africa expand to 12 destinations.

Flydubai began operations to Tanzania in 2014 and has seen a steady growth in passenger numbers. Kilimanjaro will be served with six flights a week three of which are via a stop in the capital, Dar es Salaam. In addition, the carrier will increase direct flights to Zanzibar from three to eight flights a week.

Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive officer of Flydubai, said: “With the addition of the service to Kilimanjaro and more direct flights to Zanzibar, flydubai will operate 14 flights a week, marking a 133% increase in capacity to the market compared to the previous year. This is a healthy indication of the rising popularity of Tanzania as a preferred tourist destination and we are happy to be connecting the market to Dubai.”

Kilimanjaro International Airport is located between the regions of Kilimanjaro and Arusha in Northern Tanzania. The airport is the major gateway to the Kilimanjaro region, a main international tourism destination that includes Mount Kilimanjaro, Arusha National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park. Only a few international carriers operate to Kilimanjaro and flydubai will be the first airline to provide direct air links from the UAE.

“We are committed to opening up underserved markets and flydubai’s service to Kilimanjaro will introduce more options for travel with a Business and Economy Class service, together with added cargo capacity available through our Cargo Division. We expect to see healthy flows of trade and tourism on this route from the GCC and Eastern Europe via our hub in Dubai,” said Sudhir Sreedharan, senior vice president commercial (GCC, Subcontinent and Africa).

Flydubai has seen a 3.5% increase in passengers numbers travelling between the UAE and Africa in 2016 compared to 2015, a positive record for this emerging market.



Arabian Aerospace - Flydubai increases frequency to Tanzania
 
Precision Air sets date for scheduled flights into the Serengeti

ENTEBBE NEXT BUT SERONERA SOON AFTERWARD FOR PRECISION AIR

(Posted 15th June 2017)



Tanzania’s leading airline Precision Air Services Plc, announced the launch of scheduled flights into the Serengeti National Park through the Seronera air strip effective from 1st October 2017.

The announcement came shortly after the airline confirmed its expected return to Uganda in July 2017

Precision Air has been operating charter flights into Seronera until now and the announcement will make it the first and the only IATA member airline to operate scheduled flights to Serengeti National Park.

Precision Air’s Commercial Director Mr.Robert Owusu said Serengeti National Park is among the seven wonders of the world and it is a beautiful place that everyone should visit. Precision Air will operate four flights a week between Dar es Salaam-Seronera and Zanzibar

“With our flights to Seronera, we are going to transform the whole Safari experience, now tourist can fly direct to Serengeti and spend more time in the park unlike before where they had to drive for hours to and from Serengeti. We will operate every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Passenger can make their bookings through our website or their travel agents or tour operators. We believe through these flights more tourist will visit Serengeti National Park. Our commitment is to provide reliable services and contribute to the development of tourism in the country‘.

Precision Air was established in 1993 as a private air charter company operating a five-seater Piper Aztec aircraft. Its initial line of business moved very quickly from crop spraying to providing connections to tourists visiting the rich natural attractions of Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, in northern Tanzania, Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the country.

The airline has grown to become the only publicly quoted airline in Tanzania operating from their hub in Dar es Salaam.

Precision Air flies to Arusha, Bukoba, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Musoma, Mtwara, Mwanza, Tabora, Zanzibar and Nairobi and from July onwards also to Entebbe in Uganda.


Precision Air sets date for scheduled flights into the Serengeti
 
BUSINESS AVIATION

Opportunity Knocks For Business Aviation in East Africa

by Peter Shaw-Smith

May 22, 2017, 9:00 PM



Business aviation operations at Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania, are expanding, with the new Terminal 3 construction process nearing completion.

Business aviation in East Africa today is benefitting from improving infrastructure, as well as increased recognition by governments and civil aviation authorities of the sector’s requirements, according to Tanzania-based Kilimanjaro Aviation Logistics Centre (KALC).

“There has been visible development in infrastructure that supports general aviation operations in East Africa,” KALC general manager Stanley Joseph toldAIN. “In Tanzania, Julius Nyerere International Airport is seeing expansion with the new Terminal 3 in progress to finish soon. Dodoma Airport and Mwanza Airport have been targeted to be modernized to international standards. Tanzania’s government has [also] opened [a] diplomatic lounge for general aviation traffic, as well,” he said.

Kilimanjaro International Airport is gaining importance as a business aviation hub, with companies like Via Aviation and Swissport Tanzania now operating successful businesses there.“KIA has had a major renovation and expansion to accommodate management of multiple commercial and general aviation flights. It has a spacious hangar that can accommodate four or more large aircraft at a time. Customs, immigration and quarantine can now be arranged within the hangar premises,” he said. “Kenya and Rwanda are also undertaking similar development work at some of their airports to ensure they can cater to the needs of general aviation traffic.”

KALC (Booth X88) is an affiliate of trip support group Universal Weather and Aviation and was founded nine years ago to meet growing demand for trip support across Africa. Universal Aviation, the ground support division of Universal, recently added a dedicated supervisory agent in Ethiopia.

FBOs, dedicated general aviation support facilities, and other business aviation opportunities on the continent are also making progress in East Africa, Joseph said. “Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia are locations with great potential. Ethiopia has developed a long-term plan to develop Addis Ababa airport. [Several] dedicated general aviation terminals are [planned], which indicates that government is increasingly understanding general aviation’s role in the economy,” he commented. “These locations have increasing [volumes] of general aviation traffic, and [while there is a] lack of infrastructure, the commitment of governments to improve services is enormous.”

International organizations such as AfBAA, IBAC, and MEBAA are helping African business aviation progress, especially on the regulatory side. Gradually, as a result of these efforts, governments and civil aviation authorities are beginning to understand the need to have infrastructure in place that caters to the sector, he said.

“The coming together of general aviation stakeholders and government officials to discuss [industry] issues has served as a platform to put in place, as well as steer, regulations that will help general aviation business thrive in Africa. There is still some way to go, but thanks to such international organizations, general aviation in Africa is now getting the attention it deserves,” he said. “AfBAA is actively involved with the EthiopianCAA [ECAA] to increase awareness. With these efforts, we have experienced the ECAAaccommodating general aviation’s needs with an open mind. This is positive and the trend is spreading around the region.”

Ethiopia’s status as a global capital on par with New York and Geneva, through its position as the African Union’s headquarters and location for several supranational bodies, has made it a focus too.

“Traffic to Ethiopia continues to grow, stimulated by both government initiatives to attract investors as well as being fairly open to foreign investment. We feel strongly that this trend will continue,” Joseph said.

However, Ethiopian airports remain a challenge forKALC customers. “Ethiopia continues to be an important [but] potentially stressful destination for our clients, so we ensure we’re meeting their needs,” Joseph stated. “We’ve added resources allowing us to be able to provide supervisory services at all Ethiopian airports.”

In 2016, KALC introduced a new concierge service in 10 African countries, a number Joseph expects to double in 2017, as he strives to ‘bulletproof,’ as he puts it, clients’ missions in Africa.

“Our concierges serve as an on-the-ground extension of Universal’s trip support teams, working closely to confirm services on the ground and make sure everything the client needs is arranged. This is especially important in a challenging operating environment like in parts of Africa,” he said. “Part of our advantage as an affiliate of a global trip management company is the access to global resources, but also close coordination with their trip support teams and ground handling locations. We are also interested in feedback from operators on specific locations in Africa where they would like to see us add additional concierge agents.”

Opportunity Knocks For Business Aviation in East Africa
 
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