Kungu the pilot and his colleagues

[Malaika_Firth]

@Okiya

Mwendar who is KQ hr durector is former KCB HR director and Former Eabl hr director. Very respected in the hr field

Sio yeye ndio Ame sign? It’s a cherono who has

[kendez_mendez]

@msalame grace

Mr. d*ck Murianki

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[bouss]

@Okiya

KQ pilots are among the best paid around. A senior pilot can get 15k$

Hapa ndio shida iko. Halafu uongeze retirement packages. Their counterparts in some parts of the world take 2nd jobs to sustain their pay.

[spear]

There is an offer to Gov from a leading airline from Middle East that will not only save KQ but grow it to be a leading airline worldwide as long as its good for both parties. The catch is JKIA, they want that too on lease, to modernize, build and operate. Its tempting because whatever plans we had for KQ or JKIA is small play compared to their plans. Decision wouldn’t happen so soon to the elections but soon after. Either way keep calm and understand every decision now on KQ is either bad or worse but they have to stay the course and make it.

[system]

@spear

There is an offer to Gov from a leading airline from Middle East that will not only save KQ but grow it to be a leading airline worldwide as long as its good for both parties. The catch is JKIA, they want that too on lease, to modernize, build and operate. Its tempting because whatever plans we had for KQ or JKIA is small play compared to their plans. Decision wouldn’t happen so soon to the elections but soon after. Either way keep calm and understand every decision now on KQ is either bad or worse but they have to stay the course and make it.

I thought Etihad denied this rumour a while back

[spear]

@Okiya

I thought Etihad denied this rumour a while back

Not that. This offer has KQ and JKIA intertwined because they realized there home hub is good but can’t be upgraded every 5 years to keep up with their global ambition. They need to have other hubs interlinked with their own hub.

1. JKIA is strategically placed in the continent.
2. JKIA and KQ are among the leading in the continent.
3. NRB route is lucrative as Kenyan’s are frequent fliers for trade and business.
4. JKIA is only a matter of time to be a cargo hub of the continent. Its flowers, horticulture, electronics etc uptake is high which means planes are full on passengers and cargo both ways.
5. Liberal business and personal lifestyle of Kenya that allows all nations to freely trade and connect.
6. Able, plenty and best human resource in the continent and maybe the world.
7. Gov debt burden limits its scope of spend i.e it may take between $5-10 Billion dollars to upgrade JKIA to global status i.e greenfield as exclusive KQ hub, renovations to the current terminals to serve other airlines, build a massive cargo terminal for flowers auction n horticulture, separate domestic terminal, boeing/embraer service terminals, parking hangars etc.

Just pray it happens coz the economic impact will be massive.

[system]

@spear what’s the name of the party to the deal?

[spear]

@Okiya

@spear what’s the name of the party to the deal?

Can’t say but lets wait and pray. Meanwhile KQ has to survive this heavy turbulence and recover. There is a reason why gov decides to give KQ Kshs 15 billion bailout now, its good for the money and it reduced shareholder value of KLM/Air France. The wet lease of the planes is also short term 3 years giving it time to do the deal and still keep its core staff. At the right time when all is agreed buying out KLM/Air Franc will be easy. Gov is now the biggest shareholder of KQ and can excise its preemptive rights to buy 100% of KQ, move to the next office, get a new strategic investor at a good profit. Key word is “IF” but negotiations is been done by seasoned mature and experienced hands.

[spear]

Some of KQ flights has one of the shortest turnaround time at Dubai. 30 minutes to land, refuel, disembark passengers, take inbound passengers, cargo transfer inbound-outbound, clean the lavatories etc and take off again. That is reserved to high capacity airlines and that is the attraction of KQ and Kenya as a whole. Numbers.

[system]

@spear

Some of KQ flights has one of the shortest turnaround time at Dubai. 30 minutes to land, refuel, disembark passengers, take inbound passengers, cargo transfer inbound-outbound, clean the lavatories etc and take off again. That is reserved to high capacity airlines and that is the attraction of KQ and Kenya as a whole. Numbers.

The minimum turnaround time for KQ in Dubai is 1hr 30minutes.

[old_hacker]

KQ problem start and end with staff.It pays its staff alot of money(well) but earn near nothing.A firm thats making loss and still increasing its staff pay is a bound to fail.It also suffer from too many non core staff .