april-2019

Kenya Airways’ business
class passengers can take
two bags (32 kg max. each)
for free.
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SAFARI NJEMA / 81
✈ Kenya Airways’ guests can order a
special meal for their dietary or religious
requirements up to 24 hours before
departure.
Tribute
Farewell Ambassador Godec
Global meeting
Air Cargo Africa
A Kenya Airways delegation, led by Chairman Michael
Joseph and Group Managing Director and CEO Sebastian
Mikosz, visited the outgoing US Ambassador to Kenya
Robert Godec at his residence to bid him farewell. They
thanked Ambassador Godec for his support, without which
the airline wouldn’t be flying non-stop to New York.
On 28 October last year, Ambassador Godec flew on the
inaugural flight – KQ002 – from Nairobi to New York. He
returned the following day on the inaugural flight – KQ003
– from New York to Nairobi. He will probably go down in
history as the first ambassador to do a turnaround ultralong-haul
inaugural flight.
At the farewell ceremony, Ambassador Godec was presented
with a Dreamliner model aircraft by Captain Kinuthia and
First Officer Said, who flew the inaugural flight.
From all of us at Kenya Airways, asante sana Balozi (thank
you very much Ambassador) for your support.
In February, Kenya Airways Cargo participated in
Air Cargo Africa, a global meeting that highlights
new opportunities in the air cargo industry.
Bringing together key players in the African air cargo community,
Air Cargo Africa provides a networking platform for
the exploration of new and promising air cargo opportunities in
an ever-changing and fast-growing industry.
Chief Operating Officer Kenya Airways Jan de Vegt was among
the panellists of industry experts selected to give insight at the
round table discussions on liberalisation and modernisation:
the way to push frontiers of excellence in Africa’s air cargo
industry.
In an interview with news outlet, The Loadstar, General Manager
Kenya Airways Cargo Dick Murianki spoke about one of his
biggest frustrations: the lack of regional trade, which accounts
for just four percent of the carrier’s revenues. “We send freighters
within Africa, leaving Nairobi full, and they come back empty.
We have to fill them with ballast; nothing is coming back,” he
said. “It makes it very expensive to operate when we have to
‘cost-in’ the return journey.”
During the same interview, the Chief Operating Officer Kenya
Airways Jan de Vegt pointed out that, “The EU, the US and
China are big land masses with little to no customs. Here in
Africa, there are 54 countries all with differing rules, which
have hampered nations’ abilities to trade with each other, thus
making regional trade almost impossible.”
The highlight of the event was the gala dinner, at which Kenya
Airways was given the International Award for Excellence in
Cargo.
Kenya Airways Cargo will now implement the various strategies
that were collected from the Air Cargo Africa forum.
“Thank you Kenya
Airways for bringing
our two great countries
closer together”
− Ambassador Robert F. Godec −