Kenya Airways, South African Airways joint deal faces headwinds
The plan to have Kenya Airways and South African Airways — the national flag carriers of Kenya and South Africa — implement a partnership to create a pan-African airline is being slowed by the airlines’ internal troubles. PHOTO | COURTESY
Business and Technology Reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Media Group
The plan to have the national flag carriers of Kenya and South Africa implement a partnership to create a pan-African airline is being slowed by the airlines’ internal troubles.
Both Kenya Airways (KQ) and South African Airways (SAA) are riding on privatisation and new investors as a path back to profitability after several years of losses that have left them both heavily indebted.