OPINION: Aviation distress, KQ in familiar territory

By Joseph Bonyo,

The resumption of international flights in and out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Saturday, August 1 is welcome. This shows that amids...

Kenya Airways , kq

WFP starts Africa flights for humanitarian workers

By Citizen Reporter,

A first flight for humanitarian workers left Ethiopia’s Bole International Airport on Friday and flew to Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghan...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , WFP

Coronavirus: Masks, testing kits donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma arrive in Kenya

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya's share of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to combat the coronavirus have arrived...

coronavirus , Jack Ma

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...

coronavirus

Coronavirus: Two Italian nationals denied entry into Kenya, flown to Ethiopia

By George Aoko,

Two Italian nationals were on Tuesday evening turned away at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa after reportedly exhibiting signs of the coronav...

coronavirus , Gilbert Kitiyo , Italian national , Moi International Airport , Mombasa County.

Coronavirus: Uganda restricts travel from UK, US and 14 other countries

By CNN,

Uganda has restricted visitors from some countries with what it terms high cases of coronavirus, including China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, South ...

coronavirus

Story of Jared and Mercy who were killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash, leaving behind a baby daughter

By Reuters,

Frustrated by incompetence and corruption in his native Kenya, Jared Babu, a 28-year-old activist and entrepreneur, set up a program to train high sch...

Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian draft report blames Boeing for 737 MAX plane crash

By Reuters,

A draft interim report from Ethiopian crash investigators circulated to U.S. government agencies concludes the March 2019 crash of a Boeing Co 737 MAX...

Boeing 737 MAX , Ethiopian Airlines , Lion Air Crash

Airlines in Africa that have suspended China flights over coronavirus

By Reuters,

Airlines have started suspending flights to China in the wake of a new coronavirus outbreak, which as of Thursday had killed 170 people and infected a...

coronavirus , Ethiopian Airlines , kq , RwandAir

Lawyers in Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes speak after CEO Muilenburg was fired

By Citizen Reporter,

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was on Monday fired following a a heated debate to his response on two deadly crashes of the company's top-selling 737 Ma...

boeing , Ethiopian Airlines , Ribbeck Law Chartered

Why Kenyan, Ethiopian airlines may suspend Juba flights

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyan and Ethiopian airlines are threatening to suspend operations to Juba over increased cases of luggage theft. According to Voice of America, S...

Ethiopian Airlines , kq

Remains of Kenyans killed in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash arrive at JKIA

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The remains of 28 out of 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in March this year arrived in the country on Monday morning; se...

Ethiopian Airlines , jkia

Boeing to pay families of Ethiopian Airlines crash victims Ksh.15M

By Citizen Reporter,

Boeing has announced that families of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash will be paid Ksh. 15million each. The airline company said the d...

Ethiopian Airlines crash

Family of woman, son who died Ethiopian Airlines crash ‘confused by lawyers’

By Imani Mitchelle,

The family of a Kenyan woman and her son who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash have expressed uncertainty over lawyers seeking to sue Boeing on beh...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 , Ethiopian Airlines crash

Interpol successfully identifies all victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

By Wangui Ngechu,

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has successfully identified all victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. Also Read: Famil...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 , Ethiopian Airlines crash , Interpol

Families of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims protest in D.C.

By Citizen Reporter,

Families that lost loved ones in the Ethiopian Airlines crash held a vigil on Wednesday in Washington DC six months after the Boeing 737 MAX crash. ...

Boeing 737 MAX crash

Ethiopian Airlines accused of rejecting passenger with disability at JKIA

By Muia Joseph,

Ethiopian Airlines on Thursday came under fire after a passenger accused them of rejecting him at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Na...

Ethiopian Airlines

Ugandans ecstatic as national airline makes first trip to Nairobi next week

By Karanja Morgan,

Ugandans are fired up after the country's national airline announced plans to make its first trip to Nairobi in over 30 years. Uganda Airlines will...

Kenya Airways , Uganda airlines

Families of six Kenyan victims sue Boeing over Ethiopia airlines plane crash

By Sam Gituku,

For the first first time ever, Kenyans will be suing a Giant American airplane maker Boeing following the Ethiopian Airlines crash. This was after ...

Renationalization unlikely to fly Kenya Airways back to profit

By Reuters,

By taking back full control of Kenya Airways, lawmakers are banking on Kenya’s ability to replicate the profitable example of Ethiopia’s state-own...

Ethiopian Airlines , Kenya Airways