#Safarilink adds Malindi as demand for domestic travel in Kenya rises fast

MALINDI HERE WE COME – SAFARILINK ADDS 4TH BEACH DESTINATION AFTER UKUNDA, VIPINGO AND LAMU (Posted 01st August 2020) Effective immediately has Safarilink (www.flysafarilink.com) started to fly to Malindi. Safarilink, generally considered as Kenya’s best Beach and Bush airline, will operate daily services as of 07th of August, after launching the service with two flights […]

Safarilink host senior officials from KCAA and KAA as flights resume

Safarilink recently hosted senior dignitaries of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Kenya Airports Authority, Kenya Tourism Board, and Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers last week when relaunching services to Diani and other destinations in Kenya. Captain Gilbert Kibe, Director General Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, commented: “I am pleased to report that Safarilink has adhered […]

Fly540 resumes operations across extended domestic network

KENYA’S AVIATION SECTOR GETTING BACK INTO THE SKIES WITH A VENGEANCE AS DOMESTIC FLIGHTS ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN (Posted 16th July 2020) As of yesterday, 15th of July, have Kenya’s leading domestic airlines resumed operations. Information received indicates that Safarilink’s flights to Ukunda and Vipingo are literally booked to capacity over the coming […]

#Kenya prepares for relaunch of domestic flights after county lockdown is lifted

DOMESTIC AIR SERVICES EXPECTED TO RELAUNCH AS KENYA’S GOVERNMENT LIFTS COUNTY LOCKDOWN FOR NAIROBI AND MOMBASA (Posted 06th July 2020) Following the announcement that the lockdown of both Nairobi and Mombasa county is to be lifted are domestic airlines making preparations for the relaunch of flights. A number of safari lodges and camps, but also […]

Porini Camps News Updates

Dear ATCNews Readers, Keep Calm and Carry On Planning Your Next Safari! The Coronavirus pandemic has caused disruption across the world as different governments take urgent action to try to limit the spread of the disease in their own countries. This has had a massive impact on global travel and tourism with huge numbers of […]

Laikipia Wildlife Forum News Updates

January Edition 2020 WILDLIFE The Great Grevy’s Zebra Rally 2020 Counties, Conservancies, Communities and Citizens Can Make A Difference Laikipia Forum joined other conservation organizations and conservancies from Laikipia, Samburu, Isiolo, Meru and Marsabit counties for the 2020 edition of the Great Grevy’s Zebra rally. Article continues here WATER To All Our Esteemed Members, We […]

Christine Nayagam’s five cents on travel from #India to #Africa

Africa is the next trending destination for Indian travellers 08 Jan 2020 / By Christine Nayagam /Market Analysis, Trends /New Delhi SHARE In Indian tourists’ quest for discovering new destinations, Africa figures high up on the list as the continent is opening up itself to the visitors from India. ”Africa is not a country, it’s […]

Urgent – #Atta Alert

Atta Alert Incident at US-Kenya Military Base – Lamu County Atta Alert: Incident at US-Kenya Military Base – Lamu County We are aware of an attack that is suspected to have been launched by Al Shabaab militants on a US-Kenya Military Based in Lamu County which was successfully repulsed. The FCO currently warns against all […]

Northern Rangelands Trust – A Review of 2019

A YEAR IN THE COMMUNITY CONSERVANCIES DECEMBER 2019 ISSUE Jambo ATCNews Readers! Heavy rain continues to fall over much of north Kenya, grinding many community conservancy operations to a pause. A good time then, to stop and reflect on the year we are about to leave behind. As you’ll see in the ten stories highlighted […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 13th December 2019) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or the blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 05th December 2019) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or the blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]

#Nairobi’s Wilson Airport to finally get potholes on runway fixed

TYRE BUSTING POTHOLES TO BE FIXED AT WILSON AIRPORT (Posted 04th December 2019) (Wilson Airport taxiway file photo) The Kenya Airport Authority is expected to spend some 350 million Kenya Shillings on repairs of potholes on Wilson Airport’s two runways, even though this problem also extends to taxiways and parking areas at one of Africa’s […]

Baobab Resort team cleans up their 800 metre stretch of beach

BEACH CLEANUP YIELDS SACKS OF PLASTIC WASTE (Posted 22nd November 2019) (Baobab’s General Manager Silvester Mbandi and members of his team collecting plastic waste) While visiting the Kenya coast last week, did very high tides, likely influenced by the full moon, bring unwanted ‘visitors‘ to the beaches north and south of Mombasa. Plastic waste from […]

Silverstone Air’s staff served with redundancy notices

KENYA CIVIL AVIATION LIFTS SUSPENSION OF SILVERSTONE DASH 8 OPERATIONS BUT AIRLINE SERVES REDUNDANCY NOTICES ANYWAY (Posted 20th November 2019) When news emerged in Nairobi yesterday that KCAA’s Director General Capt. Gilbert Kibe had lifted the suspension of Dash 8 operations for Silverstone Air, were comments received by ATCNews from regular readers and sources from […]

#BREAKING NEWS as Kenya Civil Aviation cracks down hard on Silverstone

SILVERSTONE FLEET GROUNDED ON AIRWORTHINESS CONCERNS (Posted 12th November 2019) The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has with immediate effect grounded the Dash 8 fleet of Silverstone Air to allow for added investigations to be carried out following two serious incidents the airline suffered over the past weeks. First did a Fokker 50 fail to take […]

KCAA and Safarilink nip malicious rumours in the bud

RE: INCIDENT CLARIFICATION Greetings! Safarilink wishes to clarify the situation related to a recent incident involving one of our Cessna Caravan C208B registration 5Y-SLJ, manufactured 15th June 2015, which had a puncture upon at landing Wilson Airport on 25th October 2019. The aircraft was inbound from Lamu and landed at 18.20hrs and had 10 passengers […]

Silverstone Air under investigation after second incident in October

SILVERSTONE AIRCRAFT LOSES WHEEL AND FORCED INTO EMERGENCY LANDING IN ELDORET (Posted 28th October 2019) (Pictures from social media sources) A second incident involving Silverstone Air in the space of just over two weeks has prompted the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority to throw the book at the airline and institute a safety audit. https://atcnews.org/2019/10/11/silverstone-aircraft-bound-for-mombasa-and-lamu-crashes-on-take-off/ This […]

#MKTE2019 is finally underway

MAGICAL KENYA TRAVEL EXPO GOES UNDERWAY AT THE KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE WITH SOME 216 HOSTED BUYERS AND 20 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MEDIA (Posted 02nd December 2019) A warm Magical Kenya welcome to MKTE 2019 – the heart of tourism in East Africa. The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is proud to once again host the leading […]

UK softens anti travel advisories against Kenya

KEY TOURIST AREAS IN KENYA NOW SPARED FROM UK’S ANTI TRAVEL ADVICE (Posted 16th August 2019) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British government has finally lifted their negative travel advisory against key upcountry areas in Kenya but retained their anti travel advice against sections of the coast, reaching from the Somali border to […]

Five Star Segera launches new ‘Farmhouse’ Villa

THE SEGERA FARMHOUSE – MORE FIVE STAR LUXURY AWAITS (Posted 09th August 2019) Set with a direct line of sight of Mount Kenya, is the newly launched Segera Farmhouse adding a new dimension of luxury to the property. Its magnificent private gardens enjoys sweeping vistas of this magical land and the incredible animal life that […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 26th July 2019) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or the blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 19th July 2019) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or the blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]

Silverstone adds Wajir route to network

#KENYA’S #WAJIR GETS NEW CONNECTION TO #NAIROBI’S WILSON AIRPORT (Posted 29th May 2019) Silverstone Air has announced the launch of flights from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport to the north eastern Kenyan town of Wajir. The daily flights will commence on the 24th of June, using a Dash 8-300 aircraft with a 50 seat all economy configuration […]

#AfricaDay – Afrika Vuka

THE CONTINENT IS CELEBRATING AFRICA DAY BUT FACES A CHALLENGING FUTURE AS CLIMATE CHANGE HITS HOME (Posted 24th May 2019) On this auspicious day for Africans, people in their thousands, from all walks of life have united and gathered in more than 20 countries on the continent to show their support in the continual fight […]

#Safarilink flights from #MasaiMara to #Zanzibar save precious time

MASAI MARA TO ZANZIBAR Safarilink takes this opportunity to remind our customers about our daily seamless connecting service from Masai Mara to Zanzibar, or to Diani Beach, Vipingo and Lamu. Clients ending their safari in Laikipia or Masai Mara can connect via Wilson to Zanzibar, thereby arriving at a very convenient time of 1530 and […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 07th March 2019) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or the blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 01st of March 2019) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or the blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 21st February 2019) Dear ATCNews Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or their blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 14th February 2019) Dear ATCNews Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or their blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]

#Nairobi Now – All there is to know ahead of a visit to #Kenya

NAIROBI NOW’S LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN IN KENYA (Posted 07th February 2019) Dear ATC Readers, Welcome to this week’s Nairobi Now newsletter! You can always access Nairobi Now and get in touch with them through twitter, facebook or the blog. Also, email them to submit your events or suggest new ideas […]