Facts About The 3rd Best Airline In Africa

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Kenya Airways is the flag carrier airline of Kenya. 

Its head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi with its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. 

Kenya Airways was initially East African Airways which was founded in 1946 and acted as the regional airline serving Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and had its headquarters in Nairobi. 

The relations between the countries, however, did not last long, leading to the collapse of the East African Community, which subsequently ended East African Airways. 

In 1977, Kenya Airways was born out of the regional airline – East African Airways. 

By that time Korea already had its aviation industry running (Korean Air), and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) had already assigned them the code ‘KA’. 

By being ‘late’, Kenya was assigned the code KQ; that’s the reason the Kenyan airline is referred to as KQ and not KA. 

The Kenyan government owns a 48.9 per cent stake in Kenya Airways while Air France-KLM has 7.8 per cent. The rest is owned by private owners and banks.

Kenya Airways is the only African member of SkyTeam, the world's second-largest airline alliance.

Kenya Airways joined SkyTeam as an associate airline in 2007.

SkyTeam's members include Virgin Atlantic, Air France, Air Europa, KLM, China Airlines, Saudia, and Middle East Airlines.

Kenya Airways is a leading African airline flying to 42 destinations worldwide, 35 of which are in Africa and carries over four million passengers annually.

In 2020 KQ was named Africa’s Leading Airline by the World Travel Awards. 

It continues to modernize its fleet with its 32 aircraft being some of the youngest in Africa. 

This includes its flagship B787 Dreamliner aircraft. 

Kenya Airways services London, Amsterdam, Guangzhou, Sharjah, Mumbai and over 25 intra-Africa routes in addition to its passenger network. 

The on-board service is renowned and the lie-flat business class seat on the wide-body aircraft is consistently voted among the world’s top 10.  

Kenya Airways celebrated 45 years of operation in January 2022.

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