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Revision as of 10:33, 18 February 2012

Kenya Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
KQ[1] KQA[1] KENYA[1]
Founded22 January 1977; 47 years ago (1977-01-22)
Commenced operations4 February 1977 (1977-02-04)
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programFlying Blue
AllianceSkyTeam
Subsidiaries
  • African Cargo Handling Limited (100%)
  • Kenya Airfreight Handling Limited (51%)
  • Precision Air (49%)
Fleet size34 (+22 orders)
Destinations56
HeadquartersEmbakasi, Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
Key People List
RevenueIncrease KES 85,836 million (Year ended March 2011)[4]
Operating incomeIncrease KES 5,815 million (Year ended March 2011)[4]
Net incomeIncrease KES 3,538 million (Year ended March 2011)[4]
Total assetsIncrease KES 78,743 million (Year ended March 2011)[4]
Websitewww.kenya-airways.com

Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier and largest airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways.[3][5] The carrier's head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.[6][7]

The airline was wholly owned by the Government of Kenya until April 1995 (1995-04), and it was privatised in 1996, becoming the first African flag carrier in successfully doing so.[5] Kenya Airways is currently a public-private partnership. The largest shareholder is KLM (26%), followed by the Government of Kenya, which has a 23% stake in the company.[8] The rest of the shares are held by private owners; shares are traded in the Nairobi Stock Exchange, the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange, and the Ugandan Securities Exchange.[5][9] The cargo handling company African Cargo Handling Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kenya Airways; partly owned companies are Kenya Airfreight Handling Limited, dedicated to the cargo handling of perishable goods and 51%-owned, and Tanzanian carrier Precision Air (49%-owned).[4]

Kenya Airways is widely considered as one of the leading Sub-Saharan operators.[10] The carrier became a full member of SkyTeam in June 2010, and is also a member of the African Airlines Association since 1977.[11][12]

History

A Kenya Airways Boeing 737-700 at Dubai International Airport. (2005)

Kenya Airways was established by the Kenyan Government on 22 January 1977, following the break-up of the East African Community and the consequent demise of East African Airways (EAA).[11][13] It started operations on 4 February 1977, with two Boeing 707–321s leased from British Midland Airways.[14][15] Aer Lingus provided the company with technical and management support in the early years.[16] The carrier also inherited two Douglas DC-9-32s and two Fokker F27-200s from EAA.[17][18] The following year, the company formed a charter subsidiary named Kenya Flamingo Airlines, which leased aircraft from the parent airline in order to operate international passenger and cargo services.[19]

In 1986, Sessional Paper Number 1 was published by the Government of Kenya, outlining the country's need for economic development and growth. The document stressed the government opinion that the airline would be better off if owned by private interests, thus resulting in the first attempt to privatise the airline. The government named Philip Ndegwa as Chairman of the Board in 1991, with specific orders to make the airline a privately-owned company. In 1992, the Public Enterprise Reform paper was published, giving Kenya Airways priority among national companies in Kenya to be privatised.[11]

In the fiscal year 1993 to 1994, the airline produced its first profit since the start of commercialisation.[20] Also, in 1994 the International Finance Corporation was appointed to provide assistance in the privatisation process, which effectively began in 1995.[21] British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa and South African Airways, all held interest in Kenya Airways.[20][21][22] KLM was eventually awarded the privatisation of the company, which restructured its debts and made a master corporation agreement with the Dutch airline that bought 26% of the shares, becoming the largest single shareholder since then.[21][23][24] The Government of Kenya kept a 23% stake in the company, and offered the remaining 51% to the public; however, non-Kenyan shareholders could at most had a participation of 49% into the airline.[21][23][24] Shares were floated to the public in March 1996 (1996-03), and the airline started trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.[25] Following the takeover, the Government of Kenya capitalised US$70,000,000 (equivalent to $135,989,815 in 2023), while the airline was awarded a US$15 million loan from IFC to modernise its fleet.[21]

KLM sponsored the joining process of the company to SkyTeam in mid-2005.[26] In September 2007 (2007-09), the alliance welcomed Kenya Airways as one of the first official SkyTeam Associate Airlines.[27][28] SkyTeam upgraded the status of the company to a full membership in June 2010 (2010-06).[29][30]

Destinations

Main article: Kenya Airways destinations

Alliance

Kenya Airways is a full member of SkyTeam since June 2010 (2010-06).[30] The alliance provides Kenya Airways' passengers with access to the member airlines' worldwide network and passenger facilities.[31][32]

Codeshare agreements

As of December 2011, the carrier has codeshare agreements with the following companies, which are the actual operators on the routes specified in parenthesis:[33][34]

Fleet

Kenya Airways current fleet
A Boeing 777-200ER at London Heathrow Airport. (2009)
A Boeing 767-300ER at Schiphol Airport. (2011)
An Embraer 170 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. (2007)

Kenya Airways has nine Boeing 787 Dreamliners on order, despite the company considered the cancellation of the order after systematic delays with the delivery dates.[35][36] The airline received a monetary compensation from Boeing for the delays.[37]

The company announced in late February 2011 its intention of acquiring a freighter aircraft to boost cargo capacity on African operations.[38] So far, Kenya Airways cargo division has been using belly capacity on its operations.

As of November 2011, the carrier's fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Kenya Airways Fleet[39]
Passenger Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Options Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-300 6 — — 16 100 116
Boeing 737-700 4 — — 16 100 116
Boeing 737-800 5 — — 16 129 145
Boeing 767-300ER 6 — — 20 196 216
Boeing 777-200ER 4 — — 28 294 322
Boeing 777-300ER — 2[40] —
TBA
Boeing 787–8 — 9 4
TBA
EIS: Fourth quarter 2013[35]
Embraer 170 5 — — 8 64 72
Embraer 190 4 10[41] — 12 84 96
Cargo Fleet
Boeing 747-400F 1[42][43] — —
Total 35 21 4

The fleet age is 8.3 years, as of October 2011.[44]

Retired

A Kenya Airways Fokker F27-200 at Moi International Airport in 1982.

The company previously operated the following equipment:[45]

Livery

In 2005, Kenya Airways changed its livery. The four stripes running all through the length of the fuselage were replaced by the company slogan Pride of Africa, whereas the KA tail logo was replaced by a styled K encircled with a Q to evoke the airline's IATA airline code.

Services

Out of a five-star ranking, the company ranks as a three-star airline according to Skytrax.[50]

Frequent flyer programmes

Former Kenya Airways' frequent flyer programme Msafiri was merged with KLM's Flying Dutchman in 1997,[11] which was in turn merged with that of Air France and rebranded as Flying Blue in 2005, following the fusion of both companies. Gold Elite and Platinum Elite members of the Flying Blue programme are offered the JV Lounge.[51] This service is provided to Kenya Airways passengers, and to passengers flying with its partner airlines as well.[51] Simba Lounge is a service provided to Kenya Airways Business passengers only.[51] Both lounges are located at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.[51]

In-flight entertainment

Different in-flight entertainment is available depending upon the aircraft and the class travelled. The airline's in-flight magazine is called Msafiri, and is distributed among the passengers in all aircraft, irrespective of the class.[52]

  • Boeing 777-200ER

Premier World entertainment is AVOD, while NVOD is offered in Economy class. Twelve audio channels are available in both classes.[53]

  • Boeing 767-300ER

Personal televisions are available in both classes, with 11 TV dual French/English stereo channels, plus 8 audio channels.[54]

  • Boeing 737–700/800

Overhead screens in both classes, plus 8 channels of audio offered.[55]

  • Boeing 737–300

Background music playing throughout the flight.[56]

  • Embraer 190

Individual in-seat touchscreens.[57]

Accidents and incidents

5Y-BBK, a Kenya Airways Boeing 707-320B, resulted damaged beyond economical repair on 11 July 1989, in an accident at Bole International Airport. The aircraft is seen here on the apron at Zürich Airport in 1986.

According to Aviation Safety Network, as of September 2011 Kenya Airways records two fatal accidents, out of 4 accidents/incidents.[58]

Accidents involving fatalities

Non-fatal hull-losses

See also

Footnotes

References

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  2. ^ Graham Dunn (25 July 2011). "Why Kenya Airways is a poster child for liberalising African skies". Flightglobal.com. Airline Business. Retrieved 10 August 2011. During the recent Connectivity in Africa seminar in Nairobi, a conference organised by Embraer to examine developments in the continent's airline sector, the plaudits for Kenya Airways and its much admired chief executive Titus Naikuni kept coming.
  3. ^ a b Günter Endres (20 December 2005). "Titus Naikuni: Walking tall". Flightglobal.com. Airline Business. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Kenya Airways Annual Report & Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31st March 2011". African Financials. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Cathy Buyck (1 November 2010). "Kenya Airways' Uplifting Mission". Air Transport World. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Kenya Contact Details". Kenya Airways. Retrieved 6 December 2011. Head Office Airport North Road, Embakasi P.O. Box: 19002 – 00501 Nairobi , Kenya
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  8. ^ Cathy Buyck (10 November 2011). "Kenya Airways' fiscal first-half profit surges 41.6%". Air Transport World. Retrieved 6 December 2011. The Nairobi-based airline—in which Air France KLM Group holds a 26% stake and the Kenyan government holds 23%—intends to raise capital via a rights issue within the next six months to finance its 10-year expansion plan through FY2020-21.
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  10. ^ "Ethiopian Airlines distinguished with African Cargo Airline Award". Sudan Tribune. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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  15. ^ a b "World news–Kenya's new airline" (pdf). Flight International: 330–331. 12 February 1977. Retrieved 2 April 2011. Kenya Airways began operations on February 4 with two Boeing 707-321s wet-leased from British Midland Airways.
  16. ^ "World airline directory–Kenya Airways" (pdf). Flight International: 1382–1383. 28 April 1979. Retrieved 2 April 2011. Aer Lingus is providing technical and management assistance under contract.
  17. ^ Eastwood/Roach 1990, p. 236
  18. ^ Roach/Eastwood 1992, pp. 369-430
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  24. ^ a b "No haste, just speed". Flightglobal.com. Airline Business. 1 March 1996. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
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  27. ^ "SkyTeam welcomes Air Europa, Copa , Kenya as associates". Air Transport World. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  28. ^ "Air France: 3 compagnies rejoignent le réseau SkyTeam". L'Express (in French). 4 September 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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  30. ^ a b Aaron Karp (23 June 2010). "SkyTeam eyes further expansion on 10th anniversary". Air Transport World. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  31. ^ "About Us". SkyTeam. Retrieved 6 December 2011. Our 15 member airlines provide you comprehensive access to an extensive global network with more destinations, more frequencies and more connectivity than ever before.
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  33. ^ "Codeshare". Kenya Airways. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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  38. ^ "Kenya Airways to acquire freighter". Daily Nation. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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  41. ^ Cathy Buyck (15 September 2011). "Kenya Airways receives third new E-190". Air Transport World. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  42. ^ Cathy Buyck (22 July 2011). "Expanding Kenya Airways to lease two 777s from GECAS". Air Transport World. Retrieved 22 July 2011. Naikuni also confirmed the company concluded an agreement for a 747-400F and is looking at two 737Fs. The second-hand 747 is leased and is expected to start flying with the KQ livery in October.
  43. ^ Kq 744F photo
  44. ^ "Fleet age Kenya Airways". Airfleets Aviation. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
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  51. ^ a b c d "Lounges". Kenya Airways. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  52. ^ "Msafiri Magazine". Kenya Airways. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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  54. ^ "Boeing 767-300 ER". Kenya Airways. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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