Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi was among 39 passengers on board a Safarilink aircraft that veered off the runway at Wilson Airport on Friday evening, in an incident that has renewed scrutiny over airport safety standards. According to the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), the flight from Kisumu International Airport veered off…
Airspace over Lagos was briefly suspended on Monday, February 23, 2026, after a fire broke out at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, disrupting operations and prompting emergency evacuations. The Incident Authorities reported that the fire started around 3:00 pm in a server room on the first floor of Terminal 1. The…
Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways, has announced significant flight disruptions at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) due to the ongoing strike by the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU). Impact on Passengers In a statement issued on Monday, the airline confirmed that the industrial action has affected both departures and arrivals,…
Nairobi, Kenya – The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has come under sharp criticism after sharing a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) emergency notice on the grounding of Canada-assembled aircraft without clarifying whether the directive applies to Kenyan airspace. On January 30, 2026, the FAA issued Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD)…
Exactly 31 years ago, Kenyan pilots Hussein Mohamed Anshuur and Mohamed Adan were approached with a highly sensitive mission that would take them across Africa under strict secrecy. On January 10, 1995, the pair, partners in Bluebird Aviation, one of Kenya’s leading private airlines, were visited at Wilson Airport in…