Kenya Airways seeking exclusive cargo deal with gov’t

By Faizal Ahmed,

Kenya Airways is in talks with the government to become the country’s principal cargo carrier to fill the hole left by reduced passenger numbers. ...

Kenya Airways

Families of Ethiopian and Indonesian Crashes Victims to get an additional Ksh.54B from Boeing

By Agencies,

The US Justice Department (DOJ) announced that it has reached an agreement with Boeing to resolve a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud...

Black boxes located at Indonesian airliner crash site

By CNN,

Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on Saturday say they have locat...

Indonesian plane loses contact after take-off, more than 60 thought to be aboard

By Reuters,

A Sriwijaya Air plane thought to have 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Saturday and rescuers sai...

Indonesian plane

China flight attendants advised to wear diapers for COVID-19 protection

By CNN,

As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, transportation officials around the world have been looking for ways to keep passengers and crew safe on board p...

coronavirus , diapers

Kenyan family receives Ksh.300M compensation from Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash

By Agencies,

A Kenyan family that lost kin in the deadly Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash has received a record-breaking a Ksh.300 million settlement from plane...

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Coronavirus can spread on airplanes, studies show

By CNN,

The young woman and her sister had traveled across Europe just as the coronavirus pandemic was taking off there, visiting Milan and Paris before headi...

coronavirus

End of the jumbo: British Airways retires 747 fleet early on coronavirus woes

By Reuters,

British Airways, the world’s largest operator of Boeing 747s, will retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect after the novel coronavir...

Boeing 747 , British Airways , coronavirus

Airlines ban alcohol on planes in response to COVID-19

By CNN,

Alcohol sales may have boomed during lockdown, but our return to air travel will be an altogether more sobering experience. Airlines including Eas...

airlines , alcohol , COVID-19

India’s airports begin to reopen

By CNN,

After two months of closures, airports across India begin reopening on Monday May 25, 2020. However, don't expect the airports to look the same as...

COVID-19 , India , Indira Gandhi International Airport

US embassy in Tanzania raises concern on rising and unreported Covid-19 cases

By Citizen Reporter,

The US embassy in Tanzania has raised concern over the rising and unreported Covid-19 cases in the country. A health alert issued on May 13, 2020 s...

coronavirus , Tanzania

Coronavirus break gives Kenya Airways time to service entire fleet of planes

By Dennis Otieno,

National carrier Kenya Airways has embarked on an exercise that will see it service and maintain its entire fleet in a relatively short period of time...

coronavirus , Kenya Airways

In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together

By CNN,

In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, ...

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KQ takes medical supplies to South Africa as carrier turns to cargo business

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya Airways says it has converted some of its grounded passenger planes into cargo freighters as it seeks to remain in operation during the coronavi...

coronavirus , kenya , kq

Chinese students fleeing virus-hit U.S. paying Ksh.2M for seats on private jets

By Reuters,

As the coronavirus spreads across the United States, Chinese students from wealthy families are persuading their parents to pay tens of thousands of d...

china , coronavirus

Uganda confirms first coronavirus case

By Citizen Reporter,

Uganda has confirmed its first positive coronavirus case. According to the Daily Monitor, the country's Health Minister Jane Aceng made the announc...

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Coronavirus: What airlines are doing to sanitize planes

By CNN,

As new cases of novel coronavirus are growing, the travel industry is feeling the impact -- with vacationers and business people debating whether or n...

coronavirus

Plane breaks apart after skidding off runway, kills three

By CNN,

Three people have died after a passenger plane skidded off the runway and broke apart while landing at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey's Heal...

Plane breaks apart after skidding on the runway

Coronavirus cases top 7,000 as countries evacuate citizens from Wuhan

By CNN,

At least 170 people are dead and more than 7,700 cases have been confirmed in mainland China, as the Wuhan coronavirus spreads across Asia and the res...

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Ukrainian plane Boeing 737 crashes in Iran with 180 passengers onboard

By CNN,

A Ukrainian plane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran early Wednesday local time, Iran...

Boeing 737 , Iran , ukrainian plane