New kid in the block 787 dreamliner landing soon, looks like the 777-300, interior. But I wish they'd cut the number and acquire 777-X too

@murchr well done. Seems like u know about the B777X. The middle-eastern carriers have made a swoop on them. However, it's still a concept and they should be ready for commercial production in a few years. The b777x will carry the same number of pax as the B773 but 16% more fuel efficient than it's predecessor. The B787 is for different missions vs the B77X. Hopefully we will get a few in a few years to replace the B772s.

@alibaba he is talking of the new airplanes Boeing launched very recently. Coded as B777X

The 787s are being delivered. The 777-X will take some time before deliveries start. See the delays in the 787 delivery schedule. It's better to have a 777-300 today then not have any planes tomorrow!

KQ is using tired 767s while waiting for the 787s... And this has hurt them.

773 is not as fuel efficient as 77X hence my preference to 77X and yes the 767 is a guzzler.

I wonder why KQ doesnt like the A380? I haven't heard any landing in Nrb either.

The A380 can't come to nbo due to infrastructure. They need a double air bridge and also pavement weight issues. Then again, it's pointless to "upgrade" facilities to accommodate the A380 as it's only Emirates that would bring in this "airline unpopular airplane" whose only lifeline seems to be the orders placed by emirates.

FYI we are getting 6 B787s, 2 B773s and 2 B738s. We also see off 2 ERJs. Personally, I reckon it's a huge step in the right direction. Now you will see proper synergies with the e-jets comprehensively covering East Africa while the B737 cover the rest of Africa. One thing to note, KQ upgraded Accra services to the B767 from the smaller B738 recently and it's a hit!

The routes are generally doing quite well from the ones I have seen.

FOR ALL THE KENYAN INVESTORS:With all these new acquisitions, I encourage Kenyans to patronize our HOME GROWN BRAND! Why go to other carriers and that money paid doesn't come back to the economy? PROUDLY KENYAN!

I was like you. Always picked KQ. Then I discovered better, cheaper airlines!
1) The food on Qatar is much better than KQ.
2) The stop in AMS is not as comfy [or cheap] as Doha or Abu Dhabi though KQ flew me to AUH for a connection flight on Etihad.
3) Turkish was substantially cheaper for me v Skyteam [not to mention the IFE was awesome IST-NBO and the food was very tasty!]

Mindspeak: Aly-Khan Satchu Hosts Kenya Airways CEO – Dr. Titus Naikuni, Jan. 25 2014 http://www.rich.co.ke/

Del.

@GG the year round profitable route [full of pax] would be be Lagos - NBO - HKG ... the rest, I am not sure of!

@GG alternate airport for A380, just requires PCN sufficient. Note that Entebbe can accommodate the An-225 and so can Nairobi. The only issue is the twin jet bridges for pax to plane/deplane.

But it's really only EK that could bring in a 380 so making it pointless to make the bridges.