Open skies https://www.businessdail...43156-orq5sgz/index.html

Beats everyone....That would have worked esp with less frequencies.... 3 times a week or so...Def the plane would be packed instead of this daily flights...


Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is planning to take back its two B787-8s and three B777-300(ER)s, currently sub-leased to each of Oman Air (WY, Muscat) and Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Atatürk), as part of its five-year growth plan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sebastian Mikosz has disclosed.

The Kenyan carrier disposed of the five aircraft as part of a 2016 cost-cutting plan aimed at stemming continual losses through capacity cuts and network pruning.

Speaking to Bloomberg this week, Mikosz said the returning widebodies would allow Kenya Airways to boost revenue flows through the launch of as many as 20 new routes in Africa, Europe and Asia over the next five years. Board approval for the new plan will be sought in April. Kenya Airways currently operates a widebody fleet of seven B787-8s alongside two B737-700s, eight B737-800s, and fifteen EMB-190s on flights covering Kenya, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa, China, Thailand, India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom.

The sub-leased B787-8s and B777s will return to Kenya Airways' service between September this year and December 2019. One of the returning aircraft will be used to operate the new Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta-New York JFK route that will be launched in October, he said.

Though the 777-300ER would carry more pax and cargo so the extra fuel consumed (vs the 787-8) would be recovered through higher revenue assuming they can fly at least 80% LF.

I think Mikosz said that the daily flights were to provide certainty for those flying on business. Of course, an alternate could have been 3/week direct by KQ and 4/week using a connecting flight via SkyTeam (CDG or AMS).

Good luck to KQ.

Sebastian is more of a tour agent... Told you Yves was the best guy for that job... Massive cancelations in the offing cockpit crew not happy....

Ahhh! Ngunze the Pretender.