News / Interview: reduced airport costs and more intra-Africa trade the key for KQ

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Kenya Airways has its eyes set west: last year, it opened its first route – in fact the only one from East Africa to the US – from Nairobi to New York. 

”It’s going pretty well,” said Dick Murianki, general manager cargo.

“We are currently doing five rotations a week, but we’ll go back to seven for the summer season. 

“Our long-term strategy is to go to more destinations in the Americas. We are looking at Toronto and Washington DC, those will be the first cities.” 

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He acknowledged ...