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Qatar Airways and Fly 540 sign interline deal

QATAR AIRWAYS SIGNS DEAL WITH FLY 540 TO EXTEND REACH ACROSS KENYA (Posted 13th June 2013) Information was received from Fly 540’s media agency, confirming that the airline has signed a deal with Qatar Airways to extend the reach of the Qatar national airline to a range of domestic and regional destinations currently served by […]

Second railway line between Mombasa and Nairobi to start in 2013/14 FY

WORK ON SECOND MOMBASA TO NAIROBI RAILWAY LINE TO START NEXT YEAR (Posted 12th June 2013) Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary, aka minister for Transport and Infrastructure Michael Kamau gave the clearest indication yet that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government is fully committed to have a second, standard gauge railway built to connect the port of Mombasa with […]

Briatore eyes third resort project in Malindi

BRIATORE’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH MALINDI CONTINUES AS THIRD RESORT IN THE OFFING While in Malindi last weekend to see the progress on his ‘Billionaire’s Resort’, which is due to fully open in August this year, did Flavio Briatore let the cat out of the bag, that he was planning to build another resort next year, […]

Mwambani evictions denounced by residents and human rights groups

THE ADVANCE OF THE CORRIDOR OF DESTRUCTION DISPLACES MWAMBANI RESIDENTS ‘These evictions are illegal but legalities have never stopped this government from doing something. Land acquisition procedures under the current law, the Land Act of 1999, have been ignored because no ESIA has been conducted. It is also illegal because the value government has put […]

EAWST responds to Born Free Foundation allegations

As promised, after giving BFF the opportunity to voice their issues over the Whale Shark Project at Mombasa’s south coast, here is an initial response by Volker Bassen to counter some of these allegations, with undoubtedly more to follow. Readers can and should make up their mind based on facts and NOT on mere allegations […]

Malindi Culture Festival set to kick off next Friday

MALINDI FESTIVAL LAUNCHES MARCH 29TH The National Museums of Kenya have reiterated their intent to go ahead with the 4th Malindi Cultural Festival, starting on March 29th and set to run over the Easter Weekend, despite the present political uncertainty as an election petition is being heard in Nairobi at the Supreme Court. The news […]

Melia Hotels and Resorts close to Kenya deal?

MELIA HOTELS SAID TO EYE KENYA FOR EXPANSION IN AFRICA Spanish hotel and resort group Melia, already in East Africa with one property in Zanzibar, is said to be eyeing an entry in to the Kenyan market to expand their footprint in Africa. Melia currently is also present in Egypt with two resorts and Cape […]

Water shortages set to threaten tourism growth

COAST TOURISM WARY OF WATER WARNING Warnings over a water deficit of some 65 percent were looming large when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water admitted at a function in Malindi district a few days ago, when opening a refurbished water station at Baricho. After the improvements at the pumping station and water […]

Kenya secures finance for JKIA expansion to create a world class airport

KENYA SECURES PROJECT GREENFIELD AIRPORT EXPANSION FINANCING A regular aviation source from Nairobi has confirmed that the Kenyan government has completed the financing arrangements for the new mega terminal, second runway and other related facilities, which is estimated to cost at current prices well over 650 million US Dollars. It is generally expected that the […]

President Kibaki commissions phase one of new Isiolo airport

PRESIDENT KIBAKI COMMISSIONS NEW ISIOLO AIRPORT PHASE ONE President Mwai Kibaki yesterday formally opened the first phase of the new airport in Isiolo. A new hard surface runway of 1.4 kilometres is the first visible sign of the new airport taking shape, due to be expanded to cater for larger jets in the future but […]

Ethiopia opens new highway section to The Sudan

HIGHWAY LINK BETWEEN SUDAN AND ETHIOPIA COMMISSIONED A Chinese built and financed highway link between Ethiopia and The Sudan was declared open and operational during the week, when officials in Addis Ababa made the announcement. The new highway, over 100 kilometres in length, connects the Ethiopian town of Asossa with the Sudanese town of Kumruk, […]

North Samburu attacks leave scores of security personnel dead and wounded

SAMBURU ATTACKS ON POLICE CONTINGENT RAISES SERIOUS SECURITY CONCERNS As a fuller picture emerges from Kenya’s Samburu North District, where in recent days as many as 30 security personnel had been killed by alleged cattle rustlers, have tourism sources expressed their concern over the deteriorating security situation in several parts of the country. The number […]

A guest post from the Mombasa and Coast Tourist Association

Coast Tourism Sector Hopes That the Lamu Cultural Festival Will Provide the Much Needed Boost Tourism players at the Coast are hoping to make the best out of the upcoming 12th Lamu Cultural Festival. The Lamu Cultural Festivalis slated to go down as from the 15th to 18th November. It is the hope and prayer […]

Sections of tourism stakeholders say Mwazo not welcome at WTM

STAY AWAY FROM WTM STAKEHOLDERS DEMAND OF MWAZO Kenya’s hapless tourism minister Danson Mwazo will be facing thinly concealed hostility from his own tourism private sector, should he opt to travel to London for the forthcoming World Travel Market, besides the ITB in Berlin the most important tourism trade show in the world. His most […]

Jambo Jet gets KCAA license for 22 routes

JAMBO JET GETS LICENSE FOR 22 ROUTES The formal notice filed in the Kenya Gazette on Friday made the decision of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority public and affirmed what the aviation grapevine had been whispering about for days now, Jambo Jet is now a reality and has traffic rights for 22 routes across Kenya […]

New railway deal between Kenya and China spells doom for RVR

RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS GETS PUNISHED FOR SLOW DEVELOPMENT PACE News are emerging from Nairobi that the Kenyan government, after reaching a principal agreement with neighbours Uganda on the format of a new railway line from Mombasa via Nairobi and Malaba to Kampala, has signed a major deal with China to construct a parallel railway line […]

Kenya and South Sudan sign pipeline deal

SOUTH SUDAN AND KENYA SIGN PIPELINE DEAL Within days of reaching agreement with hostile neighbour Khartoum Sudan over the fees on transporting South Sudans oil to Port Sudan for export said to have been literally forced down South Sudans throat by Western governments and subsequently the most expensive such deal ever costing the South some […]

Safarilink takes delivery of their fourth Garmin3000 Cessna Caravan

SAFARILINK ADDS NEW AIRCRAFT Safarilink has confirmed the arrival of a brand new Cessna Caravan equipped with a Garmin 3000 avionics suite, the fourth such state of the art aircraft on their fleet, three of them fully owned and one leased. In addition does Safarilink operate another four earlier generation Caravans, beside their DHC Twinotter […]

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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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