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Remove VAT from aircraft spare parts say Kenyan air operators

KENYA’S AIR OPERATORS WANT VAT ON SPARE PARTS WAIVED (Posted 24th March 2014) Kenya’s air operators last week made urgent representations before several committees of the national assembly, aiming to have the 16 percent VAT waived from spare parts for light aircraft. A comprehensive review of VAT applications is presently underway and an amendment bill […]

Prohibitive work permit charges expose a reluctant partner

DO TANZANIAN OFFICIALS MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE EAC SPIRIT? (Posted 11th December 2013) ‘Tanzanian diplomats must be very accomplished in misleading their audience across the East African Community because every time they profess to the East African Community’s unity and togetherness they smile but reality is 180 degrees the other way and they know […]

Safarilink set to showcase ‘new bird’ at Tusker Air Show

SAFARILINK’S NEW CESSNA GRAND CARAVAN TO MAKE GRAND ENTRY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY (Posted 06th December 2013) Safarilink’s 8th brand new Cessna Caravan EX was handed over to Kenya’s premier safari airline yesterday at the Cessna factory in the United States. The state of the art aircraft is presently being fitted with ferry fuel tanks to […]

Kenya scoops ‘World’s Leading Safari Destination’ Award in Doha

KENYA NAMED ‘THE WORLD’S LEADING SAFARI DESTINATION’ BY WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS (Posted 02nd December 2013) When Kenya in 10 days time celebrates the 50th year of Independence with a grand Golden Jubilee bash, the country’s tourism marketers at KTB will be able to enjoy two moments of glory they have seen lift many spirits for […]

President Kenyatta set to break ground for the new railway line today

TODAY IS D-DAY FOR NEW RAILWAY LINE (Posted 28th November 2013) President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to attend the ground breaking ceremony later today, when the new standard gauge railway line between Mombasa and Nairobi is launched. With all contracts now in place, work of the first section between the two cities is expected to […]

Airline competition in Africa – and The Winners are: The Passengers

THE BATTLE FOR THE AFRICAN SKIES HEATS UP AS KQ AND ET STRIVE FOR SUPERIORITY (Posted 22nd November 2013) As Kenya Airways’ second nonstop flight from Nairobi to Guangzhou in China is now underway, using the airline’s brand new B777-300ER flagship aircraft – Kenya Airways since the 18th of November flies three times nonstop and […]

Grounded Jetlink seeks to retain traffic rights

JETLINK – READY FOR A COMEBACK OR KEEPING UP APPEARANCES? (Posted 12th November 2013) A notice in the Kenya Gazette, the official government newpaper in which all legally required public notices are published, has raised speculation over the future of Jetlink once again. The airline has initially halted operations a year ago when falling foul […]

Fly-SAX’s inaugural Comoros flight due on 18th October

FLY-SAX SET FOR COMOROS FLIGHTS (Posted 07th October 2013) Information was just confirmed that SAX, one of Kenya’s private charter and safari airlines, will commence flights to the Comoros on Friday 18th of October. Initially the airline will serve Moroni twice a week, leaving Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Friday and Monday morning, with […]

EU holds back on anti travel advisories against Kenya

NO ANTI TRAVEL ADVISORIES – YET (Posted 26th September 2013) The European Union has, for now at least, bowed to pressure not to issue some more of their infamous anti travel advisories following the Westgate Mall attack by a group of terrorists. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy did Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta ask […]

Kenya counts their dead and wounded as the country mourns

KENYA MOURNS (Posted 22nd September 2013) As Kenyans wake up this morning the realize it was not a nightmare they had in their sleep but that the siege at the Westgate Mall is still ongoing, though from the latest reports it is now clear that the gunmen are pinned down and largely contained, yet still […]

Second Infrastructure Summit in Mombasa exposes growing rift in EAC

MOMBASA INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT EXPOSES GROWING RIFT IN EAC (Posted 28th August 2013) A growing coalition of the willing is emerging in Eastern Africa, following a first Head of State Infrastructure Summit a few weeks ago in Uganda, where President Yoweri Museveni hosted his counterparts from Kenya and Rwanda. During this summit key decisions were taken, […]

Watamu’s Medina Palms add more appeal to the coastal region

MEDINA PALMS OPENS IN WATAMU AS MORE POSH CONDO COMPLEXES ARE PLANNED (Posted 22nd August 2013) From Mombasa’s English Point to Briatore’s Billionaire’s Resort in Malindi, posh condominium, villa and residence complexes are now springing up along the coast, and Watamu’s Medina Palms is only the latest in a string of such developments. The newly […]

MCTA set to become KCTA

MOMBASA AND COAST TOURIST ASSOCIATION SET FOR MAJOR REBRANDING (Posted 29th July 2013) The Kenya coast’s premier tourism stakeholder body, the Mombasa and Coast Tourism Association, will shortly begin a major rebranding exercise, which will include changed appearance on their website as well as launching a new name. Kenya Coast Tourism Association will be the […]

South Sudan road link with Kenya crucial to trade and travel

KENYA RACES TO ESTABLISH DIRECT ROAD LINK WITH SOUTH SUDAN (Posted 23rd July 2013)   Kenya has agreed on a financing arrangement with the World Bank to create a direct road link with South Sudan’s capital Juba, which would allow goods transported by road to use a more direct route to and from the port […]

Equity Bank seems to back Jetlink’s winding up over 700 mio KShs loans

BANK DEMANDS MAY SEAL JETLINK’S FATE (Posted 22nd July 2013) Information is emerging from Nairobi that Equity Bank may have thrown in their support and weight behind a winding up petition filed by aviation fuel supplier Fine Jet, which is seeking the dissolution of Jetlink and the subsequent sale of all their assets to pay […]

Mombasa’s English Point transforms into a marina estate

MOMBASA’S ‘ENGLISH POINT’ UNDERGOES TRANSFORMATION TO MARINA ESTATE (Posted 03rd July 2013) Flavio Briatore’s plans to build a Billionaires Resort in Malindi, reported about repeatedly in the past, has clearly opened the doors for similarly ambitious top of the range real estate developments along the Kenya coast. With Kenya’s economy set for a major boom […]

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome is the founder and publisher of ATCNews, Eastern Africa’s leading aviation, tourism and conservation news blog of its kind. Wolfgang has over 48 years of experience in the tourism, aviation and conservation fields in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, covering all aspects of safari-, hotel- and air-operations. 

The Managing Editor of ATCNews is Mrs. Esther C. Goossens.

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