News / Kenya Airways takes up the cargo slack as SAA's troubles mount

Serious problems at troubled South African Airways left a gap in the cargo market – which Kenya Airways has been quick to fill.

Last week. the Kenyan carrier said it had begun operating direct freighter services out of Johannesburg to other southern African cities, bypassing its Nairobi hub, and adding Maputo, Harare, Lilongwe, Lusaka and Dar es Salaam.

The carrier has two 737-30Fs in its fleet, but has in the past worked with SkyTeam partner AF-KLM on widebody freighter services to Amsterdam. ...