Kenya Airways has announced the arrival of some of plane spare parts that had caused disruption of flight schedules.
Passengers travelling by Kenya Airways this holiday season have had to contend with flight interruption after the national carrier last week revealed that it was short of spare parts.
KQ had announced that some of its airplanes may remain grounded for a two-week period owing to challenges in acquiring aircraft spare parts.
KQ Group managing director and CEO Allan Kilavuka has now come out to say that following arrival of some of the spare parts, the airline is gradually resuming normalcy.
“Further to our last statement, where we informed you about the improved availability of components, we are delighted to share that we now have a significant number of components,” Kilavuka said in a statement.
He added that this has enhanced the airlines operational efficiency, allowing the return to service some of the fleet that had been grounded.
However, Kilavuka noted that disruption management plan is currently being executed in conjunction with pilots and pilots' union. With full recovery anticipated during this festive season.
“We continue working closely with our partners and suppliers to expedite the timely delivery of components. This should keep disruptions, if any, down to a minimum. Recovery from disruptions across our network is still ongoing. Consequently, our flight-deck crew roster has been impacted,” Kilavuka said.
KQ said All the Boeing 787 Dreamliners fleet are now up and flying. It didn’t however specify the aircraft currently in maintenance or the ones which are still grounded.
According to ch-aviation, KQ's fleet comprises 13 Embraer E190s, nine Boeing 787-8s, eight B737-800s, and two B737-300Fs.
Kenya Airways has 1,723 scheduled flights and 227,554 seats from Nairobi to about 37 destinations this month.
This is about 241 more flights than in December 2022 but 339 fewer than in December 2019.
