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Kenya Airways (KQ)

KENYA AIRWAYS Kenya Airways Ltd. , more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier and largest airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. The carrier's head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The airline was wholly owned by the Government of Kenya until April 1995 (1995-04), and it was privatised in 1996, becoming the first African flag carrier in successfully doing so. Kenya Airways is currently a public-private partnership. The largest shareholder is KLM (26%), followed by the Government of Kenya, which has a 23% stake in the company. The rest of the shares are held by private owners; shares are traded in the Nairobi Stock Exchange, the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange, and the Uganda Securities Exchange. The cargo handling company African Cargo Handling Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kenya Airways; partly owned companies are Kenya Airfreight Handling Limited, dedicated to the cargo handling of perishable goods and 51%-owned, and Tanzanian carrier Precision Air (49%-owned). Kenya Airways is widely considered as one of the leading Sub-Saharan operators. The carrier became a full member of SkyTeam in June 2010 (2010-06), and is also a member of the African Airlines Association since 1977. Read more →

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Kenya Airways Details

Carrier Code KQ
ICAO KQA
Alliance
Callsignn KENYA
Destinations 56
Caption A Boeing 767-300ER at Schiphol Airport in 2011 An Embraer 170 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in 2007 A Boeing 777-200ER on approach to London Heathrow Airport in 2009
Revenue KES 85,836 million
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Airline Kenya Airways
Assets KES 78,743 million
Headquarters Nairobi Embakasi Kenya
Header Kenya Airways current fleet
Alliance SkyTeam
Company slogan The Pride of Africa
Width 250
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Direction vertical
Image Kenya Airways Boeing 777-200ER 5Y-KYZ LHR 2009-8-8.png Kenya Airways ERJ-170-100LR 5Y-KYK NBO 2007-10-15.png Kenya Airways Boeing 767-300ER 5Y-KYW AMS 2011-10-16.png
Net income KES 3,538 million
Operating income KES 5,815 million
Commenced 1977-02-04
Frequent flyer Flying_Blue
Fleet size 34
Headquarter Nairobi Embakasi Kenya
Opening date 1977-02-04
Revenue ($) 85836.0

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