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Nothing Of Concern On Board UK Police Say On Diverted Kenya Airways Plane

13Oct

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Nothing Of Concern On Board UK Police Say On Diverted Kenya Airways Plane

Police in Essex, England have verified that the Kenya Airways (KQ) flight redirected to London's Stansted Airport on Thursday underwent a thorough inspection and no concerning items were found on board. The KQ plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, was intercepted on its way to London before being diverted to Stansted for security clearance by U.K government security personnel. Stansted is the designated airport for dealing with security issues in the UK. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday, Essex Police noted that after their investigations, the plane was returned to the airport, which continued to operate without any disruptions. "Officers have established there is nothing of concern on board a flight diverted to #Stansted Airport. Officers carried out enquiries ...

Kenya Airways To Begin Mombasa-Dubai Direct Flights Next Month

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to start direct flights between Mombasa and Dubai on December 15, 2022. KQ is set to operate the flight four times a week on its Boeing 737-800 craft. The carrier says the introduction of the route is in response to demand from the market.

Kenya Airways reports 36.2 bn loss.

Kenya Airways has sunk deeper after he reported a sh 36.2 billion loss for the ended year December 2020, the biggest loss in the airline’s history. Its revenue shrunk by nearly 60 percent to sh52.8 billion as the covid -19 pandemic took toll on the national carrier. Its passenger number numbers dropped by 65.7 percent to 1.8 million in the year under review. This saw its customer revenue shrink from 103.6 billion to 33.7 billion. Its comprehensive losses worsened by a further sh 5.1 billion loss on hedged exchange differences on borrowings and another sh4.8 billion was lost on fuel related hedges. This pushes the total comprehensive loss for the airline which made a loss of sh12.9 billion in a similar period last year to sh46.2 billion which is five time the 8.8 billion. T...