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KQ flight to Dar suffers technical glitch, causes scare mid-air
By Kepha Muiruri,
1502, October 5, 2019 (EAT)
A Kenya Airways (KQ) flight headed to Dar es Salaam was on Friday evening forced to return to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after the...
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Kenya Airports Authority begins search for new MD
By Kepha Muiruri,
1411, September 30, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has named its Finance General Manager Alex Gitari as the State Corporation’s Acting Managing Director upon the in...
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Thousands jobless, more stranded as travel firm Thomas Cook collapses
By Paul Ombati,
1741, September 23, 2019 (EAT)
British travel firm Thomas Cook Group has collapsed, leaving at least 21,000 people jobless and over half a million holidaymakers around the globe str...
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KQ suspends direct flights to Gabon, Benin
By Kepha Muiruri,
2126, September 19, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways (KQ) has suspended its flights to Gabon and Benin ahead of the impending low air-traffic season which kicks-off next month. In a stat...
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KQ pilots call off planned strike as board insists on contract hires
By Kepha Muiruri,
2013, September 17, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways pilots have shelved their planned strike which was set for this Friday even as the airline’s board maintains on the need for contractu...
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Third annual Halal trade exhibition set for Saturday
By Citizen Reporter,
2021, September 16, 2019 (EAT)
The third Halal trade exhibition is set to be held in Nairobi this coming weekend, even as the Halal economy records a boom globally. Under the the...
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Nigeria to start evacuating its citizens from South Africa
By Imani Mitchelle,
1405, September 11, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria will on Wednesday begin to evacuate hundreds of it citizens from Johannesburg in South Africa following a series of xenophobic attacks. The...
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KQ flight cancellations: Pilots deny role as bosses threaten tough measures
By Kepha Muiruri,
1030, September 11, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways pilots have dismissed claims that they are the largest contributors to the airline’s woes. This, even as it emerged that they had b...
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KAA boss Jonny Anderson to exit early for ‘personal reasons’
By Wangui Ngechu,
1502, August 30, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) CEO Jonny Anderson will be leaving on September 30, 2019 two months before his 3-year term expires citing personal reas...
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Kenya Airways records Ksh.8.6B loss in 2019 half year
By Kepha Muiruri,
1834, August 27, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya Airways (KQ) has posted a pretax loss of Ksh.8.56 billion in its 2019 half year earnings to June 30. This marks a more than double increase i...
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Ugandans ecstatic as national airline makes first trip to Nairobi next week
By Karanja Morgan,
1822, August 23, 2019 (EAT)
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...
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Nearly 600,000 advised to evacuate as storm makes landfall on Japan
By Reuters,
2015, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Heavy rains lashed parts of western Japan on Thursday as tropical storm Krosa made landfall, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train...
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Missile strike halts traffic at Tripoli airport, kills worker
By Reuters,
1935, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Missiles hit the only functioning airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, killing one worker, the airport said. Mitiga airport halted tr...
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U.S. aviation regulator bans select MacBook Pro laptops from flights
By Reuters,
922, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned certain models of Apple Inc’s MacBook Pro laptops on flights, after the company recalled selec...
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Typhoon causes eastern China landslide deaths
By Reuters,
1434, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
Eighteen people were killed and 14 were missing in eastern China Saturday in a landslide triggered by a major typhoon, which caused widespread transpo...
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Floods kill at least 22 in southern Indian state, displace thousands
By Reuters,
1009, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
At least 22 people have died in the southern Indian state of Kerala after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooding that cut off some ar...
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China issues ‘red alert’ as super typhoon approaches mainland
By Reuters,
1407, August 9, 2019 (EAT)
China’s weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast, after forcing f...
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British Airways IT failures creates chaos for passengers
By Reuters,
1945, August 7, 2019 (EAT)
Problems with British Airways IT systems left thousands of passengers facing flight cancellations, delays and long queues at airports in the airline...
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Japanese company unveils prototype flying car
By Reuters,
2051, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Japanese electronics manufacturer NEC Corporation unveiled a prototype flying car that stayed in the air for almost a minute during a test in Japan th...
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Kenya, Jamaica commit to deepen trade, people-to-people ties
By Otukho Jackson,
905, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya and Jamaica have pledged to deepen bilateral and people-to-people ties for the benefit of the two countries. The commitment came as President...
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