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hofuAir Tanzania’s Nairobi entry to make skies bumpier for KQ
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23 2021
Air Tanzania will step up competition for the East Africa skies with a flight on Dar e Saalam-Nairobi route and will fly twice a day between Dar es Saalam and Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Summary
- The Dar es Saalam –Nairobi route will offer competitive pricing for Ugandan fliers who have been connecting to various capitals through Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kigali on Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines or RwandaAir respectively.
- The carrier will fly twice a day between Dar es Saalam and Nairobi.
- KQ is already facing strong headwinds on its African and Asian routes as the average ticket price has declined due to competition.
By BONFACE OTIENO
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Air Tanzania will step up competition for the East Africa skies with a flight on Dar e Saalam-Nairobi route starting this Friday.
The airline also started operating three flights a week to Ndola in Zambia and the eastern DR Congo city of Lubumbashi on Thursday last week.
The Dar es Saalam –Nairobi route will offer competitive pricing for Ugandan fliers who have been connecting to various capitals through Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kigali on Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines or RwandaAir respectively.
“The resumption of Air Tanzania operations between Dar es Saalam and Nairobi, is as at the best a game changer in the bilateral engagement between Tanzania and Kenya,” said High Commissioner of United Republic of Tanzania in Nairobi John Stephen Simbachawene last week.
The carrier will fly twice a day between Dar es Saalam and Nairobi.
The morning flight will leave Dar es Salam at 5:50am to arrive in Nairobi at 6:45am. The flight will then depart Nairobi at 7:30am to arrive in Tanzania at 9am.
Evening flight
The evening flight will see the airline depart Julius Nyerere International Airport at 8pm to arrive in Nairobi at 9pm. The flight will then leave Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 10pm to arrive in Tanzania at 10:45pm. The launch of operations by Air Tanzania on the Nairobi-Dar es Saalam route is set to pile pressure on Kenya Airways that is currently among the main players on the route.
KQ has at least four daily flights to Dar es Salaam, five to Entebbe, four to Lusaka and at least one daily to Livingstone (Zambia). It also flies to two other cities in Zambia.
The carrier is already facing strong headwinds on its African and Asian routes as the average ticket price has declined due to competition.
The airline’s first flight to Nairobi from Julius Nyerere International Airport will cost Ksh37, 525 ($334) for a return trip and approximately Ksh23, 594 ($210) one way.
Entry of Air Tanzania at lower prices is bound to set off price wars between the duo. KQ has previously stated that “this downward trend in fare is the result of increased competition and overcapacity on intra-Africa and Africa-Asia traffic.
Skies bumpier
Increased capacity by its competitors has already taken a chunk of the carrier’s revenue. The recent acquisition of planes by Uganda and Tanzania as well as the signing of a partnership between Ethiopian airlines and the Zambian government to revive the national airline is making the skies bumpier for the KQ currently struggling to return to profitability.
Air Tanzania currently operates 12 domestic routes, namely Zanzibar, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Geita, Bukoba, Kigoma, Mpanda, Mbeya, Tabora, Dodoma, and Songea.
On the international routes, the airline flies to Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Comoros in the continent, and Mumbai, India, and Guangzhou, China.
Air Tanzania’s Nairobi entry to make skies bumpier for KQ
The Dar es Saalam –Nairobi route will offer competitive pricing for Ugandan fliers.www.theeastafrican.co.ke
MY TAKE
Mbona kelele hata route haijakuwa launched!? Kihoro?
umemaliza mkuu,hao kwao hakujajengekambona huzoom sasa tukaona kama hvi [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] yani mzungu aweke sattelite asione slum ila mkenya wa makuru kayaba kaona slum
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wanataka tuwapigie bati roof zinazofanana,tumalizane nao kabisa[emoji1787][emoji1787]niamini mm mzungu hawezi kua mjinga kuliko wewe [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
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naona siku hzi tandale imetaokea puani [emoji28]
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Nairobi Slum ni Kibera tu?Tukiacha ushabiki, kugeuza slums kuwa formal settlement ni rahisi kuliko kurekebisha unplanned settlement kuwa planned settlement. Gharama ya kuipanga Dar es Salaam kisasa ni kubwa kuliko kuibadirisha Kibera kuwa satelite city so tusiwacheke sana majirani zetu……”Huu ndio ukweri……” kwa sauti ya JPM.
Nicxie jamaa huku kumbe ywajulikana km huaga masuala muhimu kwake zii kw ajili ya itikadi zake[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]Wewe endelea na battle zako za slums.
Vitu vya muhimu hutaki kuongelea kwasababu ya itikadi zisizo na msingi. Idadi ya Wanawake ni kubwa kuliko ya wanaume kwenye karibu kila nchi. Elimu Kwa Wanawake ni mwanzo mzuri wa kuleta maendeleo. Lakini nchi inayozuia kuwapa elimu Wanawake ni nchi isiyoelewa jinsi Wanawake wanavyoweza kuleta mchango mkubwa kwenye maendeleo ya nchi!
Ndio huyo mama Ngina.Source Mama Ngina [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
Kwa hivo hiyo yenu haiconform to the usual standards ama?Ngoja nikupe shule on what I posted siku nyingine usilete ubishi kwenye lugha za watu. Normal means conforming to usual standards or regular pattern which is considered usual, typical or routine. Hilo daraja lenu ni normal in that sense it signifies typical or routine bridge design.
Abnomal means deviating from what is normal or usual in a way that is undesirable or worrying
Now back to my context the dongo kundu bridge appears normal. Yes the bridge has a regular standard or usual pattern but not abnormal as you force me to admit. The bridge is fine with me as it does not deviate from required specs hence not having undesirable or worrying features it is just a basic design unlike some bridges that have unique features.
Wapi? Water salute haitofanyika.Na wataipigia water salute watake wasitake [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]
Picha la kutishaaWelcome to the fast growing city in East Africa View attachment 2022932
AhSaidia baba
Kenya turns to South Africa in new railway deal
theeastafrican.co.ke
Nov 25, 2021 9:57 AM
Kenya has turned to South Africa to revamp its old railway network, as it seeks solutions within the continent to revamp its railroad networks.
During a three-day state visit to Pretoria, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta invited South African state-owned engineering company to revamp and upgrade its railway system.
President Kenyatta is seeking solutions within the continent to improve its railway system countrywide after Kenya failed to sign an agreement with a French company in July this year to fund a light rail from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Nairobi’s city centre.
During President Kenyatta’s visit in Paris in July, Kenya failed to ink $144 million financial deal to fund the infrastructure plan.
Kenyan Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia told The EastAfrican that the French trip did not lead to the signing of the deal that was meant to fund the construction of the five-kilometre metre-gauge line linking the airport to the standard gauge rail (SGR) terminus in Syokimau.
Earlier agreements had provided for the signing of the loan pact by June 30 this year when President Kenyatta was in France.
The deferring of signing means that the rail project, whose construction was initially set for August this year following a deal agreed between French President Emanuel Macron and his Kenyan counterpart in March 2019, faces further delays.
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akili ya mama ngina hii😂😂😂🤣🤣Marefu yote Dar yamebuniwa na Wakenya.
wamenyimwa mkopo na mfaransa 😂😂😂Saidia baba
Kenya turns to South Africa in new railway deal
theeastafrican.co.ke
Nov 25, 2021 9:57 AM
Kenya has turned to South Africa to revamp its old railway network, as it seeks solutions within the continent to revamp its railroad networks.
During a three-day state visit to Pretoria, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta invited South African state-owned engineering company to revamp and upgrade its railway system.
President Kenyatta is seeking solutions within the continent to improve its railway system countrywide after Kenya failed to sign an agreement with a French company in July this year to fund a light rail from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Nairobi’s city centre.
During President Kenyatta’s visit in Paris in July, Kenya failed to ink $144 million financial deal to fund the infrastructure plan.
Kenyan Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia told The EastAfrican that the French trip did not lead to the signing of the deal that was meant to fund the construction of the five-kilometre metre-gauge line linking the airport to the standard gauge rail (SGR) terminus in Syokimau.
Earlier agreements had provided for the signing of the loan pact by June 30 this year when President Kenyatta was in France.
The deferring of signing means that the rail project, whose construction was initially set for August this year following a deal agreed between French President Emanuel Macron and his Kenyan counterpart in March 2019, faces further delays.
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Wewe Queen lapdog from Kibera English has many different words meaning the same thing it depends on how you use it in the context so mambo ya kukariri ndio haya unayaleta hapa out of paper you are worthlessKwa hivo hiyo yenu haiconform to the usual standards ama?
PS......Learn when to use normal and when to use ordinary. You're a disgrace to the Queen's language.
Yetu ina meet basic standatds and far beyond the basic specs za normal bridgeKwa hivo hiyo yenu haiconform to the usual standards ama?
PS......Learn when to use normal and when to use ordinary. You're a disgrace to the Queen's language.
Hao jamaa ni uharo hawana hata uwezo wa ku dispose kinyesi chao itakuwa upgrade ya MGR?Ah
Sasa kama ni kurekebisha MGR si waongee na TRC tu hapa wawarekebishie? Mbona Uganda wamefanya vizuri tu kurekebisha from Port Bell? Uhuru aongee na Mama tu watu wakachape kazi. Asione soo.....