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Corona virus in Kenya and China; Kenya Airways cancels flights to China

Kenya Airways has suspended all flights to China with immediate effect. This is in the wake of the outbreak of the deadly Corona Virus in China.

Here is the presser from the Kenya Airways;

“Further to our prior communication regarding the current Corona virus outbreak, we have temporarily suspended all flights to and from Guangzhou starting Friday, 31t January 2020, until further notice.
We however, clarify that our service between Nairobi and Bangkok remains operational.

Our consultation with the Ministries Health and Foreign Affairs will continue and we will provide updates as the situation develops.

We apologise to all our customers for the inconvenience and reaffirm that the safety of our customers and staff remains our highest priority.”

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PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OWNERSHIP OF KENYA AIRWAYS’ AIRCRAFT FLEET

Kenya Airways has a fleet of 40 aircraft as at the date of this Press Statement.
These include 20 aeroplanes that are directly owned and operated by Kenya
Airways, and 20 aeroplanes that Kenya Airways has leased from other entities.

In a bid to address overcapacity and to optimize the utilization of its assets, Kenya Airways has leased a number of its aircraft to other airlines. Of the 40
aeroplanes in its fleet, Kenya Airways has leased three Boeing 777-300ER aeroplanes to Turkish Airlines, and one Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to Oman Air.

Kenya Airways earns lease rental income from these arrangements.

Kenya Airways boss, Sebastian Mikosz, resigns; here are the reasons for his resignation.

Kenya Airways chief executive Sebastian Mikosz has said he will be resigning on 31 December, 2019. Mikosz says the resignation is due to personal grounds.

Photo- Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Mikosz at a past event. Mikosz has said he will leave the troubled airliner this year.

Here is the resignation note from Mikosz;

‘Dear KQ Family,
Given that we are a listed company we are subject to specific stock exchange regulations.
The information I am sharing with you here was already communicated to both the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) as per the regulations.

Since started working as CEO at KQ, I have always tried to inform you about any management decisions before you learn it from the public domain. It is in line with this practice that I would like to take this first chance to inform you that I have made the decision to shorten my contract term and have decided to resign on personal grounds effective December the 31st of this year.

It is my personal decision and I have obviously discussed it with the Board as well as with my family. I believe that this
is the ideal timing to begin a transition process to find someone who will continue with the turnaround initiatives that we began 3 years ago.

Let me however be very specific that for the remaining 7 months as CEO I am fully determined to continue delivering the improvements that we have been executing together and that are showing visible results. I must point out that I am particularly proud of all of you as thanks to our collective efforts we’ve managed to bring the company from a historic loss in 2014 of Ksh 25bn and narrowed it down to Ksh 7.Sbn in just 4 years.

My clear intention is not to slow down for a single day, and we will continue this improvement trend as I am convinced that KQ is on a good path for a full recovery. You will notice the confirmation of this in the next few weeks through the announcements of some good news concerning our future developments.

Nevertheless, I am fully aware that some of you might be surprised. I am also aware that in the next few days this news will be in the public domain taken out of context with many rumours and comments, Please don’t pay attention to these and please remember that this kind of change is part of a normal company life. I am sure that in the next few weeks I am going to meet most of you on different occasions, and we can take time to discuss about it directly and openly, as always.

In the meantime, I am going be away travelling to China to work on the launch of our direct Beijing flight, I will also be attending IATA General Assembly as well as conducting a business review in Bangkok as previously scheduled.
Lastly let me use this opportunity to attach the presentation of our 2018 results that I shared during the last town hall meeting. I promised to do it for those who could not attend it.

I would like to insist again that 2018 was a good year for us and we have improved our results as presented in the attachment. I am determined to continue this improvement trend and be sure that we can do at least as good in 2019 as we did last year.
I wish you a very good weekend and see you onboard our planes this week!’

Mikosz leaves the troubled Airliner at a time when it is making huge back to back losses.

Kenya Airways, KQ Jobs; E-Payment Specialist.E-Commerce – (1900007Q)

Willing to work with Kenya Airways? This is your chance. Apply for the open job vacancy, below.

Job Purpose Statement

1). Define and execute payment strategy for KQ online platforms;
2). Responsible for reporting and detecting payment anomalies, successes rates and trends and clearly communicate on status of actions and issues to improve current success/conversion rates.
3). Provide KQ with accurate and reliable monitoring task in online payments which increases customer satisfaction, improve conversion rates and decline costs resulting from lost sales.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

1). Measure on regular intervals the success rates of the various payment options split over the various countries (POS).
2). Compare the success rates of the same payment options over the various payment providers and front-end tools (EBT, MMB, ICI).

3). Measure both pro-active as well reactive other payment related transaction results (materialization, inquiries) and report on these to the Business Stakeholders.
4). Encourage the use of AMOP to reduce on online payment cost for acceptance and other related costs.
5). Perform daily payment monitoring by using the various systems optimally.
6). Be the key player/user and linking pin for the Amadeus Payment Manager (APM).
7). Play a pro-active role in monitoring at times where errors can be expected like releases and Maintenance and System Upgrades at the side of Payment Providers.
8). Pro-actively and adequately report on payment incidents to the relevant parties.
9). Assist and advice how the Payment Monitoring can be improved.
10). Represent E-payments in the debriefing of Payment Incidents Meetings with external parties.
11). Monitor on regular intervals the e-Payment admin tool in order to check correct settings, report on findings.
12). Manage ABR-sheets (Amadeus Business Rules) and Office ID’s.
13). Initiate authorization reversals at instigation of sales organization in case of double authorization with acquiring bank.
14). Perform an active role in the testing of payment options after new release /deployments of the various user interfaces.
15). Become the central function for the various departments in respect to testing credit cards for test activities in order to avoid payments devices (card & readers) being scattered over the organization and to minimize fraud resulting from multiple users.
16). Keep test logs and have access to test logs of other departments.
17). Perform testing once a new FOP has gone live on the various user interfaces. Testing to be performed over the various systems.
18). Make sure the back-office process (creating internal refund, voiding tickets and reconciliation) are handled properly.
19). Safeguard the integrity of the live payment options by making sure it is known who have performed which actions with the payment devices.
20). Gather knowledge to keep abreast of new developments in e- payments.
21). Manage all costs related to payments and in liaison with e-sales team Identify efficient alternative payment methods which have list cost and implement in different markets.
22). Manage and maintain PCI DSS compliance with the different suppliers.
23). Develop and execute MOTO payment plan in line with PCI DSS requirements.
24). Define and Maintain multi payment experience across the online platforms.

Qualifications

1). Bachelor’s degree in business related field.
2). Proficiency in MS office, Internet.
3). Fluent in written and spoken English.
4). Proficiency in the usage of airline passenger systems.
5). IT proficiency, Finance.
6). 3+ years’ experience in E-payments.

Duty Station

Primary Location: Kenya-Nairobi-Nairobi
Work Locations: Kenya Airways Headquarters
Job: Business Analysis.Supervisory & Technical
Organization: Commercial
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Regular/Non-Shift Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Travel: No
Job Posting: 18-09-2019, 7:26:19 PM
Unposting Date: 02-10-2019, 11:59:00 PM

How to apply

To start your application process click on this link; Apply now

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Good news for Air travellers as Jambojet announces start of flights to Kigali, Rwanda

Regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has received approval from the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority to start flights to Kigali.

The approval means that the airline can begin operations to the destination as part of its regional expansion strategy.

“We are pleased to have received this approval. Kigali is one of the routes we have been pursuing in our expansion plan. Once we have everything in place, we will begin operations,” said Vincent Rague, Chairman, Jambojet.

Additionally, the airline has acquired a brand new De Havilland Dash 8 – Q400 aircraft.

The new aircraft brings to six, the total number of airplanes operated by Jambojet. It is also the first of four aircrafts that are expected this year to boost the airlines capacity as it looks to soar into more African destinations.  

Jambojet Chief Executive Officer, Allan Kilavuka said: “We are excited about our growth prospects in the region. We have an aggressive plan to fly to more African destinations and this is why we are expanding our fleet.”

“The addition of this aircraft to our fleet brings the average age to 3.7 years, making us the airline with the youngest fleet in Africa and possibly across the world,” he said.

Currently, the airline flies to five local destinations namely Malindi, Ukunda, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and one regional destination -Entebbe, Uganda -from its hub in Nairobi. It also flies to Bujumbura, Burundi on behalf of the national carrier.

Jambojet Chairman, Vincent Rague said: “The African aviation sector has an opportunity to grow. More players are coming on board but there is space for everyone and we will continue to take advantage of our low-cost model and safety standards.”

The International Air Transport Association’s data shows that low-cost carriers account for about a quarter of all flights internationally, but less than 10 percent in Africa.

Recently, Jambojet was awarded the coveted IATA Operational Safety Audit certification (IOSA), an internationally recognised and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the safety, operational management and control systems of an airline.

The airline was also ranked top airline in Africa with the youngest fleet in a report by global aviation intelligence provider, ch-aviation.

Kenya Airways, KQ, Jobs- Connection Control Executive.Hub Control Center & Admin Support – (19000078)

Here is your chance to work with the Kenya Airways, KQ. See the job opening below.

Job Purpose Statement

1). Ensure and maintain a healthy, Safe, Secure and Cost-effective operation for Kenya Airways and customer airlines operations, in compliance with the relevant industry regulatory and legislative requirements, company procedures, and regulatory authorities.
2). To ensure consistent and quality delivery of customer service by cost effectively monitoring transit passengers and their baggage at the hub to/from Kenya Airways, customer airlines and alliance partners.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

1). Embrace and maintain a positive safety culture, a healthy and secure working environment in passenger services in compliance with relevant legislative and industry standards.
2). Identify and report hazards, near misses, incidents and accidents.
3). Provide efficient, high quality customer service delivery in day to day operations for Kenya Airways, Customer Airlines and alliance partners according to the agreed Service Level Agreements and Company Policies in order to delight the customer and improve the overall customer experience at JKIA.
4). Monitor connectivity for transit passengers and their baggage to/from Kenya Airways, Customer Airlines and alliance partners at the hub through the respective reservations and Departure Control System (DCS).
5). During irregular operations, liaise with Duty Manager Hub Control Center (DM HCC) /customer airlines/alliance partners and propose action to take for connecting/misconnecting passengers based on cost implications and profile of guests.
6). Handle situations of passengers connecting below the Minimum Connectivity Time (MCT) by coordinating with receiving carrier for most favorable re-protection of passengers, activating and coordinating with the incoming carrier for Meet and Assist (MAAS) for connecting passengers and discuss with the Duty Manager of incoming carrier with the eventual delay on departure to allow connection of passengers on transit.
7). Activate the Arrival Team to meet and assist passengers as per the agreed and communicated plan.
8). Update Baggage Reconciliation System (BRS) and TRC about the short connection of transit or new routing of misconnected passengers and bags.
9). Activate Transfer desk team to prepare to handle transit passengers after receiving the plan from Connection Control Unit (CCU).

Qualifications

1). Graduate or Diploma with 5 years operational experience.
2). 5 Years Airline Experience as a check-in agent, transfer services and gate agent.
3). Computer literate.
4). Excellent knowledge of KQ product.
5). Good negotiation skills.
6). Strong analytical skills.
7). Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
8). Good planner.
9). Ability to manage and develop staff.
10). Revenue and cost sensitive.
11). Foreign language, an added advantage.

Job Location

Primary Location: Kenya-Nairobi-Nairobi
Work Locations: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Job:

Operations: Operations & Admin
Organization: Director Operations
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Regular/Non-Shift Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Travel: No
Job Posting: 18-09-2019, 7:37:16 PM
Unposting Date: 02-10-2019, 11:59:00 PM

How to apply

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Tonight, the passengers will travel in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The flight from Nairobi to Newyork, in America, will take 15 hours. While, it will take the Aeroplane 14 hours from New York to Nairobi. The journey is 11,800 Kilometers.

Kenya becomes the first East African country and the eighth in Africa to operate direct flights to the United States, US.

4 pilots and 12 attendants take charge of the Plane that carries 234 passengers. The plane consumes 85 tonnes of fuel; one way.

The average cost of an economy class return ticket is KShs. 90,000. While, business class passengers will pay about KShs. 260,000.

See what luminaries are saying about the KQ’s maiden direct flight to America:

“Today, we mark a great milestone by becoming the first airline in East Africa to offer non-stop flights from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.” Says Sebastian Mikosz, Kenya Airways Group Managing Director, MD, and Chief Executive Officer, CEO.

“This flight to New York enhances Nairobi’s position as a convenient gateway to Africa.” Robert F. Godec, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya.

“The non-stop flight between Nairobi and New York will open up opportunities for investment, tourism and other business opportunities in Kenya and Africa.” Ambassador, Monica Juma.

To book a ticket and for further deatails, click on this link to visit the official Kenya Aurways page: https://www.kenya-airways.com/ke/en