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Indians among scores of foreigners stuck in Nairobi as strike at main airport affects multiple flights

A strike at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has crippled flight operations, leaving hundreds of Indians stranded. IndiGo has cancelled its direct Mumbai-Nairobi flight, with uncertainty surrounding future services. Stranded passengers face challenges securing affordable accommodation as Kenya Airways reports significant delays. Many are anxiously awaiting IndiGo's return flight.

The Times of India

Kenya Airways Shares Trade Again After Four-year Hiatus

The airline sought a suspension in July 2020 when the government proposed a law to renationalize the troubled carrier in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that devastated global air travel.

International Business Times

Kenya Airport Workers Strike Against Foreign Investor Deal

Kenya airport workers protest against a government deal with Adani Group, causing flight disruptions and passenger inconvenience.

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RAF jets escort Kenya Airways plane into Stansted as police scrambled

The Boeing 787 was searched as armed officers surrounded the plane, say witnesses

Evening Standard

RAF jets intercept Kenya Airways flight diverted to Stansted Airport

Aircraft was diverted from London Heathrow after ‘potential security threat’ warning

The Independent UK

Kenya Airways’ flight schedule disrupted by parts shortages

The airline said the shortages are due to the Ukraine war, which has disrupted the sourcing of titanium.

Al Jazeera

Kenya Airways pilots' strike set to end after 4 days

Pilots working for Kenya’s national airline are set to resume work on Wednesday after a court ordered them to end their four-day strike

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Nairobi court orders striking Kenya Airways pilots back to work

A Nairobi court has ordered striking Kenya Airways pilots to return to work by Wednesday morning after the days-long walkout forced dozens of flight cancellations and left thousands of passengers stranded.

Radio France Internationale

Kenya Airways pilots strike over benefits, stopping flights

Pilots working for Kenya’s national airline have been on strike for three days over a demand to honor a retirement savings plan, and it is estimated to be costing millions of dollars in losses daily

The Independent UK

Death toll rises after plane crash in Lake Victoria in Tanzania

The death toll from Sunday's plane crash in Lake Victoria in Tanzania jumped to 19, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said, after the Precision Air flight with dozens of passengers aboard plunged into water while approaching the northwestern city of Bukoba.

France 24

Passengers stranded as Kenya Airways' pilots strike

Kenya Airways on Saturday warned its striking pilots they could be dismissed if they do not return to work immediately as industrial action led to the cancellation of dozens of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded.

Reuters

Kenya Airways pilots to give decision on strike after govt plea to call it off

Kenya Airways PLC's pilots union will give its final decision later tonight on whether to begin a strike on Saturday after the government urged them to it call off, the transport minister said on Friday.

Reuters

Heathrow Terminal 4 reopens with only one destination: Doha

Mothballed facility will see many more airlines moving over the next month

The Independent UK

Using animals for scientific research is still indispensable for society as we know it

Kenya’s national airline – Kenya Airways – made headlines when it announced it would stop transporting monkeys for animal research. This followed an accidental highway crash in Pennsylvania, in the US, which involved a truck transporting monkeys that had been bred in Mauritius for laboratory experiments in the US.

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Kenya Airways is in financial trouble (again). Why national carriers have a hard time

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, offers flights to over 56 destinations in 39 countries. This should be a remarkable feat in these waning days of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

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Airline tie-up for Kenya and South Africa: possible rewards, and risks

Africa has 357 airlines, the top 10 of which carried more than 60% of traffic. This reflects the fact that many airlines on the continent are very small: some have as few as two aircraft. Between them the airlines carried 95 million passengers in 2019, according to Routes, an online…

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NDTV’s founders prevented from leaving country, LOC issued in June

On August 9, NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy were prevented from leaving the country. The basis of this was a lookout circular (LOC) issued in relation to a two-year-old case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The couple was supposed to board a Kenya Airways flight…

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