Kenya Airways, losing loads of money
Kenya Airways

Kenya Help Me Out? Kenya Airways, losing loads of money, hopes a government bailout will ensure its survival

Kenya Airways

Kenya Help Me Out? Kenya Airways, losing loads of money, hopes a government bailout will ensure its survival

September 2015
1 min read
Seth Kaplan

Issue Overview

It calls itself the “pride of Africa,” and for good reason. On a continent notorious for extremely difficult operating conditions, Kenya Airways has since 1977 offered Africans safe and reliable air travel, often earning profits while doing so. For the past three years, however, those profits turned into losses. Deep losses.