Travel news Kenya

• Flights
• 08/08/2020 07:42

Mauritius needs tourists

• Flights
• 06/08/2020 13:18

Re-Open East African airspace with great caution

After months of shuttering air travel, East Africa is gradually joining the rest of the world in opening up.

Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania are now permitting international flights, even as their land borders remain closed to passenger travel. Only Uganda, South Sudan and Burundi are still closed, but they are coming under… read more

• Flights
• 05/08/2020 16:04

Uganda: Tourism Stakeholders Ask Government to Reopen Airport

A cross section of tourism stakeholders have asked government to set a timeline within which to hopes to re-open Uganda's airspace.

Speaking on the sidelines of a stakeholders meeting in Kampala yesterday, Ms Pearl Hoareau Kakooza, the Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) president, said the President and his Cabinet should consider re-… read more

• Flights
• 05/08/2020 12:06

Kenya Airways lame re-entry into operations

Kenya Airways resumed international commercial flights on Saturday in the most uncertain of times for both world aviation and the company itself.

Covid-19 restrictions around the world and Kenya Airways’ internal reorganisation have seen the airline drop 42 direct flights routes including some of the country’s major tourism destinat… read more

• Flights
• 04/08/2020 08:48

Kenya excludes US, EU, India from safe flights list as its resumes international aviation

Kenya has excluded the US and the major European nations from a list of countries whose nationals will be allowed into the country as it resumes international flights operations.

According to businessdailyafrica.com, a protocol guiding the resumption of international flights only has Canada, Switzerland, Japan, China and South Korea… read more

• Destinations
• 03/08/2020 15:43

Which African Countries Are Reopening for Tourism?

If you may have been wondering which African countries are reopening for tourism, this is for you! Many African nations are starting to reopen airports, remove curfews, and slowly resume international tourism.

Most countries in Africa have been very strict on containing the spread of the virus, with most of them going into complete lockdow… read more

• Flights
• 03/08/2020 05:24

Safarilink: Now also to Malindi

Effective immediately has Safarilink started to fly to Malindi.

Safarilink, generally considered as Kenya’s best Beach and Bush airline, will operate daily services as of 07th of August, after launching the service with two flights initially. The routing out of Wilson Airport in Nairobi goes via Lamu, before retu… read more

• Flights
• 03/08/2020 05:22

KQ signs deal with GE aviation for more efficiency

Kenya Airways said it has entered into a partnership agreement with GE Aviation to adopt its Flight Operations suite of digital products across the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737, 787 and Embraer E190 airplanes. According to Kenya Airways, the flight operations suite integrates various data sources like flight information, weather, navigat… read more

• Flights
• 02/08/2020 13:38

Kenya Airways: Flight resumption with a colourful event

Kenya Airways resumes international flights to 30 destinations across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

Kenya Airways (KQ) today resumed international passenger services following the easing of movement restrictions as directed by H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta. The first international flights depart today 1st August to the … read more

• Flights
• 02/08/2020 07:12

Kenya Airways Restarts International Flights

Kenya Airways (KO) resumed this weekend its international flights. The carrier is set to fly to about 30 destinations since the routes were suspended due to COVID-19 in March. The airline resumed domestic flights in mid-July after the government cleared local air travel. Air France KLM holds a small stake in KO.

“We announced… read more