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 Airlines makes its first direct flight to Mombasa

By Citizen Reporter,

Uganda Airlines made its first direct flight from Entebe, Uganda to Moi International Airport in Mombasa on Monday. The acting Uganda Airlines Chie...

Uganda airlines

Inside the private jet that flew President Kenyatta to Japan, Russia

By Joseph Bonyo,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his entourage to Tokyo, Japan and Sochi, Russia flew in style using a luxury private jet for the back-to-back official tr...

Emperor Naruhito , Mashujaa day , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Private jet

Kenya Airways aims to double fleet over 5 years on path to profit

By Reuters,

Kenya Airways plans to double its fleet over the next five years, its chairman said on Monday, as the loss-making carrier combats regional rivals like...

Kenya Airways

17 injured as Bangladesh plane skids off runway

By Reuters,

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane skidded off the runway when it landed in bad weather at Yangon’s international airport on Wednesday evening, injur...

Bangladesh

Wreckage of plane carrying 13 people found in Mexico

By CNN,

The wreckage of a missing private plane carrying 13 people has been found in a mountainous area in the northern state of Coahuila, the state's public ...

Mexico

EU rejects Siemens and Alstom, Aurubis and Wieland mergers

By Reuters,

Siemens and Alstom’s plan to create a European rail champion collapsed on Wednesday after EU antitrust regulators rejected the deal, saying that it ...

Alstom , Aurubis , European Commission , Siemens , Wieland

Exclusive: Saudi private jet industry stalls after corruption crackdown

By Reuters,

A crackdown on corruption in Saudi Arabia has severely dented the kingdom’s private jet industry in a sign of the impact the campaign has had on pr...

Autopilot error sends flight hurtling to ground

By CNN,

A Flybe flight carrying 44 passengers plummeted toward the ground shortly after takeoff from Belfast City Airport because of an autopilot error, a UK ...

Belfast City Airport , Flybe

Nigerian politician Ibori loses appeal against UK graft conviction

By Reuters,

A Nigerian politician who was jailed in Britain for laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds through British banks and properties...

Court of Appeal , Delta State , fraud , James Ibori , money laundering , Nigeria

Suspected Seattle airplane thief was adventurer, bakery owner

By Reuters,

The airline worker who stole an empty airplane from a Seattle airport on a flight that ended in his death once ran a bakery with his wife and enjoyed ...

Richard Russell , Seattle plane

Employee steals 76-seater plane from airport and crashes

By CNN,

An airline employee stole an empty plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew it for an hour with military jets pursuing him before ...

Plane carrying 71 passengers crashes in Kathmandu

By AFP,

At least 27 people were killed when a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed in Kathmandu on Monday, an official said. "The chances of rescuing anyone...

Kathmandu , Nepal , Plane crashes in Kathmandu , US-Bangla Airlines plane

Jambojet to go regional with daily Uganda flights

By Sophie Kinoti,

Low cost carrier Jambojet will from February 15 start daily flights to Uganda, making it the first destination outside Kenya. Jambojet is seeking t...

Aviation , Bombardier , Jambojet , regional expansion , uganda , Willem Hondius

Dubai air show 2017 kicks off

By Patrick Igunza,

Over 1200 exhibitors are participating in this year’s Dubai Air show being hosted at the DWC Dubai Air show site located at the Al Maktoum Internati...

Airbus , Aviation , boeing , Dubai Air Show , Emirates , Etihad , Flydubai , Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , military , passenger planes

Kenya Airways’ budget carrier plans international flights

By Reuters,

Kenyan budget carrier Jambojet expects government approval this month to start flying to destinations outside the country, and will lease more planes ...

budget carrier , Jambo jet , Kenya Airways

Jambojet grows fleet with Bombardier lease deal

By Patrick Igunza,

Low cost carrier Jambojet has entered into a leasing agreement with a Moscow-based Bombardier for two aircrafts. The plane deal is expected to enab...

Aviation , Bombardier , fleet , Ilyushin Finance Co , Jambojet , Kenya Airways , lease , Q400 aircraft , route expansion , Willem Hondius

Jambojet acquires new plane to ease flight disruptions

By Dennis Otieno,

Low cost carrier Jambojet has acquired a new plane as it plans to expand its domestic services. Jambojet has leased the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 from...

Abu Dhabi Aviation , aquires new plane , Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 , DAC Aviation , dlight delays , Jambojet , Jambojet Chief Executive Officer Willem Hondius , low cost carrier , no frills

Nigeria’s Arik Air to buy mostly Boeing planes to double its fleet

By Reuters,

Nigeria's largest airline Arik Air plans to nearly double its fleet to 52 planes within 10 years and has already ordered some of them from Boeing, a s...

Abuja , add international routes , Arik Air , Chris Ndulue , Emirates , ipo , Kenya Airways , New York , Nigeria

Jambojet reverses decision suspending Lamu flights

By Koome Kimonye,

Jambojet has rescinded its decision to suspend flights to Lamu after an announcement by Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) that the repair works o...