It is a normal business practice where an interested party pays for adverts of a associate using their product.

If you look at those adverts, they praising both KQ and Boeing. My first assumption would be that Boeing are paying...to appease KQ... Remember Naikuni had hinted that they are getting tired of waiting for these planes that are now 3yrs behind schedule - he mentioned they had opened discussions with Airbus

@ Mukiha and GG, absolutely right. Boeing is doing all it can to retain the market already threatened by delays. Aviation industry structure calls for such moves; see what the Brazilian company Embraer, Canadian Bombardier and Chinese COMAC are doing as they try to compete for the single isles narrow aircraft segment from the industry giants (BOEING & AIRBUS).

Yup... Air Zim has major issues to address..especially fleet & a huge debt-overhang. However, some Chings are being courted to JV. Could be Air Zim's inflection point.

Just don't know how old the picture in the link is. That is either a 737-100 or 737-200 (you know from the long Pratt & Whitney engine). Later 737s i.e -300, -400, -700, -800 have CFM56 engines (shorter and more stout - zimestunya). -100 and -200 are 1965 kites...

contrary to those comments demonising the advert about KQ and Boeing Dreamliner, I would refer them to the objectives of marketing. What did the two companies wanted to achieve if not an impact about their products and services. KQ's objective is to create an impression that they are the best airline with the latest equipment coz they know Jetlink and Fly 540 can never come up with such a move.They can only advertise Bombardier CRJ 100, 200 or Fokker planes. Remember if you look at KQ financials,you realize they get more profit from local,Entebbe (and entire East African region) and West African routes than European ones which would be served by the dream liner.

Some wazuans wanajua sana mpaka wanaharibu and maybe they have never got a ride in an aeroplane.