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Delta Air Lines swapped 4 gates with American Airlines at Los Angeles International Jan 31, the first visible element of Delta’s infrastructure upgrade at LAX. Delta is moving temporarily to Terminal 6 (T6) gates 60-63; American Airlines will acquire 4 gates in T5 as part of the swap. Delta, LAX operator Los Angeles World Airports and the city of Los Angeles co-announced in July 2016 a 7-year US$1.9b infrastructure project to modernise, upgrade and connect LAX’s T2 and T3 terminals, and build a secure connector to the north side of the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT). In addition to the new 4 new temporary gates, Delta will continue to operate out of 3 additional gates at T6 and 9 gates at T5. Delta plans to move out of T5 and T6 and into T2 and T3 in May this year, prior to commencement of construction. <br/>

Kenya Airways posted a strong performance in Q3 of 2016 recording a 4.8% growth on passenger numbers, boosted by a strong presence in the African market. The airline Tuesday reported that passengers uplifted between October and December stood at 1.12m, achieving a cabin factor of 72% compared to 68% during the same period last year. Passenger numbers in Africa, excluding Kenya, continued to grow. Passengers uplifted stood at 530,842, a 5.2% growth, during the quarter compared to same period the prior year. In Kenya, passenger uplift grew to 347,136, a 10.3% increase, driving cabin factor up by 3.3% to 79.0%,” outgoing CE Mbuvi Ngunze said. Q3 operating results shows capacity offered to Northern Africa region grew by 9.6% compared to prior year driven by increased frequencies to Addis Ababa and Juba. <br/>