Michel Joseph confident Kenya Airways headed for success
Kenya Airways’ chairman is brimming with optimism as he talks of ‘bringing greatness back to Kenya via the national carrier’. And Michael Joseph has cause to be upbeat. Barely a year into his tenure, the airline’s losses have dropped from KES25.8b in March 2016 to KES6.04b (US$59.5m) in March 2018. Add to this the airline’s recent launch of 2 non-stop African routes in less than a fortnight, one to Port Louis, Mauritius, and the other to Cape Town, South Africa. “We have had our worst days, but that morass is now behind us,” states Joseph. “I do not think aviation in Africa is in bad shape as such. It is obvious that our market is relatively small and our infrastructure not the best for reasons largely not of our own making. Our undoing...is to adopt an open sky policy without first ensuring a level playing ground where things are balanced.” <br/>
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Michel Joseph confident Kenya Airways headed for success
Kenya Airways’ chairman is brimming with optimism as he talks of ‘bringing greatness back to Kenya via the national carrier’. And Michael Joseph has cause to be upbeat. Barely a year into his tenure, the airline’s losses have dropped from KES25.8b in March 2016 to KES6.04b (US$59.5m) in March 2018. Add to this the airline’s recent launch of 2 non-stop African routes in less than a fortnight, one to Port Louis, Mauritius, and the other to Cape Town, South Africa. “We have had our worst days, but that morass is now behind us,” states Joseph. “I do not think aviation in Africa is in bad shape as such. It is obvious that our market is relatively small and our infrastructure not the best for reasons largely not of our own making. Our undoing...is to adopt an open sky policy without first ensuring a level playing ground where things are balanced.” <br/>
