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Want to know the carbon
emission of your flight?
Visit climatecare.org
and click on the
carbon calculator.
Aircraft maintenance
Building Knowledge
News
✈ Kenya Airways now flies to
Paris more often, with six direct
flights each week.
Kenya Airways’ technical team is being trained and certified at
Etihad Airways Engineering in Abu Dhabi, in order to perform
routine mandatory C-checks on its new Dreamliner fleet.
C-checks (comprehensive maintenance checks) are part of the
integration programme of the new fleet of Boeing 787-8 aircrafts.
Trip tips
Flying Value Pass
KQ is introducing a ticketing service designed for frequent
business flyers. Through the new “Flight Pass” service, you
can buy anywhere from 6 to 500 tickets at a single time for a
guaranteed price. The tickets can be used by different people,
for example your employees or colleagues on a company trip.
Sustainability
Better Health
The Wildlife Works Kasigau Corridor project in
Kenya is making a significant impact on nature and
local health. By simply ticking a box when you book a
ticket at Kenya Airways, you can offset your emissions
from that flight and reduce your carbon footprint.
Quote
“When you offset your
carbon footprint through
KQ, your money helps to
improve community
health facilities”
− Emily, Wildlife Works
community relations officer –
The Kasigau Corridor REDD+ project run by Wildlife Works
protects more than 500,000 acres of highly threatened forest,
securing the wildlife migration corridor between Tsavo East
and Tsavo West national parks. The project benefits more than
110,000 rural Kenyans in the communities that share the same
environment. The project has also created many jobs, and all
280 local Wildlife Works employees receive health
insurance, covering treatment and medication for illnesses
such as HIV and Malaria. Free doctors visits are available to
everyone, and female employees may speak to female doctors.
Educational seminars about health issues are also offered yearround.
One of the leading causes of poor health is lack of
access to clean water. To address this issue, the community
allocates a large proportion of its proceeds to improving water
access. Initiatives have included building a rock catchment
that provides water to 7,000 local people and a roof catchment
for a local dispensary.
~ The KQ offset programme, run by ClimateCare, is approved by the
International Air Transport Association as a way to take responsibility
for unavoidable carbon emissions during your flight. If you want to
offset your flight on landing, visit wildlifeworks.com/shopcarbon/