President Kenyatta bids farewell to US, Ethiopian envoys

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday at State House, Nairobi, separately bid farewell to outgoing US Ambassador Robert Godec and Ethiopian Ambassador ...

Ambassador Dina Mufti , Ambassador Robert Godec , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state house

Backing down, Trump agrees to end shutdown without border wall money

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the $5.7 billion ...

We won’t budge on Kenya, foreign firms pledge after 14 Riverside attack

By Reuters,

International companies with regional headquarters in Kenya said a deadly militant attack at dusitD2 hotel inside the 14 Riverside office complex will...

Al Shabaab , dusitD2 , general electric , riverside attack

How can a drone bring an airport to a standstill?

By CNN,

The closure of the UK's second-biggest airport because of "deliberate" drone disruption has caused travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of passenger...

Gatwick , Royal Air Force

British Airways to resume Pakistan flights after a decade

By Reuters,

British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next year after a 10-year absence that followed a major hotel bombing, becoming the first Western airl...

British Airways , London Heathrow-Islamabad , Marriott Hotel bombing , pakistan , Prime Minister Imran Khan , Richard Crowder

President Kenyatta meets US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Amb. Tibor Peter Nagy met on Thursday at State House, Nairobi. The meeting...

Amb. Macharia Kamau , Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Robert Godec , Tibor Peter Nagy

Huawei founder’s daughter arrested on U.S. request, puts trade war truce in doubt

By Reuters,

The daughter of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s founder has been arrested in Canada and is facing extradition to the United States, dealing a blow to ho...

Huawei , Meng Wanzhou , Samsung Electronics

Kenya Airways to cut back on flights to New York from next year

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Kenya Airways will cut back direct flights to New York from Nairobi route to five per week starting January. According to CEO Mikosz, there is low ...

CEO Sebastian Mikosz , Kenya Airways , Kenya-US direct flights

Pilot falls asleep and overshoots island destination by 30 miles

By CNN,

The stakes were extremely high in this case of sleeping on the job. A small freight plane overshot its Australian destination by nearly 30 miles be...

Australian Transport Safety Bureau , Colin Tucker , Devonport Airport , King Island , Piper PA-31 plane , Vortex Air

All set for Ksh.7B renovation of Mombasa airport

By Dennis Otieno,

Moi International Airport in Mombasa is set for a two year renovation. The project, which will cost Ksh.7 billion, is funded by the French Developm...

French Development Agency , Kenya Airports Authority , Moi International Airport

Lion Air joins US pilots in claiming Boeing withheld info on plane model that crashed

By CNN,

Boeing was facing mounting pressure Wednesday over the Indonesia airplane disaster as the owner of the doomed jet joined a US pilots' group in allegin...

Allied Pilots Association (APA) , boeing , CNN's Richard Quest , Indonesia , Lion Air Crash , Zwingli Silalahi

Cheating scandal erupts in South Korea as students face their toughest test

By CNN,

All flights in South Korea will be grounded Thursday, with no takeoffs or landings permitted for an hour. Around the country, parents will be praying...

Gangnam District , SEOUL , Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education , Sookmyung Girls' High School

Lion Air: Pilots had reported problems

By CNN,

Problems were reported on a Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea off Jakarta even after technicians replaced a sensor on board the aircraft, investi...

Lion Air crash: Plane was intact when it crashed, investigators say

By CNN,

Lion Air Flight 610 was intact with its engines running when it crashed at high speed into the Java Sea, the head of Indonesia's National Transportati...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft , Capt. Daniel Putut Kuncoro Adi , Lion Air Flight 610 , Soerjanto Tjahjono

Why recovering Indonesia plane from sea floor will be such a challenge

By CNN,

Authorities in Indonesia lifted the wheels of crashed Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 out of the sea Friday, as questions turned to how to retrieve wha...

Airlineratings.com. , Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 , Jakarta\

Lion Air crash: Why recovering plane from sea floor will be such a challenge

By Citizen Team,

Jakarta (CNN)Indonesia's authorities lifted the wheels of crashed Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 out of the sea Friday, as questions turned to how to ...

Tourism industry welcomes Charter Incentive extension

By Citizen Reporter,

Players in the tourism sector have welcomed the extension of the Charter Incentive Programme. This follows a decision announced by Tourism Cabinet ...

Charter Incentive Programme , tourism , Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala

Historic moment as Uhuru flags off direct Kenya Airways flight to the US

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday night presided over a historic milestone for Kenya's aviation sector when he flagged off the inaugural Kenya Airway...

Direct US flight , Kenya Airways , President Uhuru Kenyatta

All set for historic Kenya Airways direct flight to New York tonight

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

It’s all systems go for the maiden Kenya Airways flight that will fly direct to the United States beginning Sunday evening in a historic event to be...

Inaugural trip to New York , Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways in court to force crew on maiden direct US flight

By Dennis Otieno,

The dispute between Kenya Airways management and the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) over long flight working hours has moved to court. In the ...

direct flights , Kenya Airways