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Kenya Airways, South African Airways joint venture faces regulatory headwinds

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The partnership between Kenya Airways and South African Airways, which want to form a pan-African airline, will be treated as a merger on the back of the effect that the joint venture will have on competition in the region, the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has said. Kenya’s flag carrier operates in countries that are members […]
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Kenya, South Africa mulling plan to launch continental airline

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Kenya Airways (KQ) and South African Airways (SA) are collaborating to form a pan-African airline, Zawya reports citing Kenyan Wall Street Exchange. Leaders of both countries namely William Ruto of Kenya and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa are discussing the feasibility of the project. “We have agreed that that agreement should be progressed forward as it […]
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Connecting Africa: Emirates is Pushing for Rapid Expansion, Competing with Its Turkish and Ethiopian Rivals

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As it moves forward with plans to add to its 22 African routes, experts wonder if Emirates could be the airline that connects Africa with the world, pushing Turkish Airlines and other major players to the sidelines. Africa is desperately looking for flights today, even though most African countries launched national airlines after independence to […]