obiero wrote:Kausha wrote:But you know westg = travel advisories = cancellations and lower traffic from key markets including west africa I gather. 3rd Quarter operating numbers will validate or invalidate these views. Truth though is KQ is under tremendous competition for asia, europe, west, south and central african routes. Only a diehard addict would deny this.
these advisories impact is neither here nor there.. but I agree on the competition aspect though KQ is doin somethin by modernising its fleet hence gainin efficiency. Kenya is soo central to business/leisure in Africa that no travel advisories wld significantly stop people from comin here
Travel Advisories have an effect but not for seasoned travellers. Bottomline: They do affect tourism but not as bad as the 'noise' make it sound.
For EAST AFRICAN business, Kenya [Nairobi] is central but for the rest of the African destinations, it doesn't matter. One can fly to Addis (ET) or Dubai (EK) and make 90% of the connections that KQ/Nairobi offers. And both Addis & Dubai have more connections than Nairobi as a hub.
Leisure travel - The options are increasing vs Kenya including Tanzania, which has a larger circuit, Zambia, South Africa (better developed) and Botswana. South Africa is well covered by SAA.
I wish KQ all the best but it has to expand carefully [new destinations should be tried out to see if they work] but the fleet expansion has to be done slowly coz it is all financed with debt.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett