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By DOREEN WAINAINAH
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Nigeria airbus planes, stepping up pressure on Kenya Airways (KQ) wheremainstay is African routes
Nigeria on Wednesday launched its national carrier dubbed Nigeria Air, which is set to take over the skies in December targeting the West African market.
Uganda Airlines also announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for two A330-800neo Airbus planes for its long-haul network.
In its annual report for the year ended December 2017, the national
"This downward trend in fare is the result of increased competition and overcapacity on". Intra-Africa "and" AfricaAsia "traffic flows. The key competitors that Kenya Airways must have with Ethiopian Airlines, RwandAir, Qatar Airways and Emirates, "said KQ in its financials.
Increased capacity by its competitors. The recent acquisition of planes by Uganda and the United States of America for the first time (19659004) According to Ephraim Bagenda, CEO of Uganda Airlines, the agreement with Airbus demonstrates economic growth supported by a robust aviation industry.
Tanzania Airlines received its first Boeing Dreamliner about two weeks ago. Nairobi, Addis or Kigali.
According to IATA, 2017 saw traffic for African Airlines by 7.5 per cent, yet the capacity rose at only 3.6 per cent.
According to KQ's annual report, this is an indicator of the demand for more capacity on the various routes in the market. , Ethiopian's capacity is up by about 20 percent while RwandAir's capacity is up 22 percent. Emirates and Qatar also grew their capacity by six per cent and 12 per cent respectively. This article is a preview generated by EVS Page 1 Page 1 of 5 In 2016, KQ suspended flights to Abuja and Gaborone as part of the changes to its route network. During the time, Gaberone was served via Johannesburg with partners
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