sparkly wrote:Fyatu wrote:We spend too much time and resources debating about keeping KQ operational in the next 3 months rather than the future of aviation in Kenya(which is under sieke) post 2030.....
overheard from the resident drunk at my local
Care to expound?
It is worrying that the
focus has shifted from making Kenya(JKIA) the hub of East Africa aviation to bailing out KQ while our neighbors/competitors e.g., Rwanda and Ethiopia are deliberately and actively working very hard to make their major airports transit hubs is East Africa. It is a shame that a whole parliamentary committee sits in a five star hotel in Mombasa to debate(and fatten-up) how to bail out a failed corporation which is privately half owned by people like @Obiero.
Yes, today JKIA still remains a major connection point to London, Paris, Guangzhou, Jo'burg etc. For example, Someone from Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Burundi, South Sudan and many other countries will first fly to Nairobi to connect to a flight to the above destinations and most recently Newyork. After a bit of reflection, i think Mikosc and the legendary Michael Joseph were making a bit of sense when they proposed a major makeover for JKIA. Whether this makeover is done by KQ, government etc, Kenyans really don't care. It will be cumbersome to travel to Kigali using KQ(which by then will be in same level as Jambo jet or Kulalu of SA, or Uganda Airways) to connect to a flight to Newyork.
Dumb money becomes dumb only when it listens to smart money