Kenya Airways Planes: The national carrier Kenya Airways is spending close half a million shillings daily to maintain four idle planes that are parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. KQ said that it spends up to Sh. 14 million every month to maintain two Embraers and two Boeing 737 planes. This translates to nearly Sh. 500,000 daily.
The maintenance comes after KQ cut down on its routes since the international flights resumed last year in August. “We are spending on average approximately $128,000 (Sh. 14 million) per month to support the various storage-related maintenance activities… These are direct maintenance costs for the ones that are not in use,” said Kenya Airways.
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The national carrier currently has grounded two Embraer and two Boeing 737 because of limited capacity on key routes. However one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes is undergoing heavy maintenance which is commonly referred to as C Checks. KQ has a fleet of 36 aircraft, 19 of which it wholly owns while the rest are leased. Embraer makes up the bulk of its fleet with 15 aircraft. The medium-range Embraer planes are mainly used for routes within Africa. KQ also uses them on the local routes to Kisumu and Mombasa.“It is, however, important to note that even though most aircraft are in use, our utilization per day is still low, at approximately 60 percent,” KQ said.