Corporate

Mission and Vision

Our Vision 

"Be the Pride of Africa, by inspiring our people and delighting our guests consistently."

 

Our Purpose 

Contributing to the sustainable development of Africa.

 

Our Goals 

• To offer a standard of service that seeks to enhance Guest Experience.

• To offer the Best Value, enabled by deploying Operational Excellence.

 

Our Brand Promise 

"Consistently Deliver World Class Experience, as the Pride of Africa" 

 

We inspire our people to unleash their potential and provide world class technologies to advance our guests’ quality of life. In turn we are able to achieve real progress and create positive impact in our community, Africa and the world.

  

Our Essence 

"Warm, Caring, Friendly, truly African - The Pride of Africa" 

 

 Our Values 

Safety- We shall always consider safety as a number one priority, for our People and Guests. 

 

• KQ strives to meet the highest standards for safety in the workplace and operations.

• We ensure that all our employees and those with whom they work, perform their duties in a safe manner.

  

Customer First- We shall always anticipate and deliver to the needs of those we serve - our guests 

 

• Everything we do begins and ends with the customer experience in mind.

• We listen to our customers and deliver ever-increasing value in the markets we serve.

 

 

Respect- We shall always show respect to everyone we meet. 

 

• We respect and value the worth of all people and this crosses the cultures,viewpoints and backgrounds.

• We treat each other with honesty, dignity and sensitivity.

 

 

Integrity- We shall always act with integrity. 

 

• All of our actions and decisions should be bound by rock-solid integrity.

• All of us act in the best interest of the company while accepting personal responsibility.

 

 

Passion- We shall always inspire passion in our people to create quality solutions 

 

• Our enthusiasm and care for the business fuels our dedication for Guest service.

• What we do and how we do it, is important; it is what sets us apart.

 

 

Trust- We build trust in our daily relationships 

 

• KQ's culture promotes trust, teamwork and dignity within our diverse workforce.

• Our words and actions are consistent.

 

 

Our Organization 

Our organization structure comprises of eight (8) departments each headed by an executive director reporting to the Group Managing Director. The departments are:

 

  • Finance
  • Information Systems
  • Commercial
  • Technical
  • Human Resources and Administration
  • Flight Operations
  • Ground Services
  • Marketing

 


Future Outlook 

We continue to focus on profitable expansion of our network through a combination of direct access and alliances with other carriers.

 

Sustainable improvement in yield will be pursued through a combination of a new revenue management system and better discipline. Management will also place emphasis on greater productivity, costs restraints and reduction in wastage.

 

Our people are our greatest asset and focus on their development and the way they are both managed an organized out to ensure we attract and retain the best and that they are equipped to serve our customers in line with our being a world class standard airline.

 


Awards

 

2013Air Cargo Excellence Awards- Kenya Airways Cargo voted top in service excellence during the Air Cargo News Global Service Award
 

2011Africa’s Leading Economy Airline - World Travel Awards
The Maktaba 2011 Award- (Runner up) in the Special Library category - Library of the Year Award (LOYA)
 

2010In July, Kenya Airways joins the ranks of global airlines as a full SkyTeam member
Kenya Airways declared Business Airline of the Year at the Africa Investor (AI) Tourism Investor Awards.
Business airline of the year – Africa Investor Awards
Best Financial Disclosure in Africa - World Investor Finance Awards
PlusOne Award – Transport sector ICT winner - CIO 100 Gala Awards
 

2009Kenya Airways Group Managing Director and CEO Dr Titus Naikuni is awarded the 2009 Aviation & Allied Business Individual Achievement Award.

2008COYA (Company of the Year) top awards for strategic planning and emergency preparedness as well as Manager of the Year to HR Director Paul Kasimu.
Travel News & Lifestyle Magazine votes Kenya Airways as African Airline of Choice, Best Regional Airline,Flying Blue voted the best Frequent Flier program and Msafiri - Best Inflight magazine
 

2007Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK) award for Excellence for In house publication - Msafiri
IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit)
Ektron All Star wins - Best Travel Site
 

2006KQ Most Respected Company in East Africa Award
Kenya Airways voted East Africa's Most Respected Company for the second year running
Kenya Airways wins the prestigious African Aviation Award awarded by the African Aviation Magazine in March
 

2005October 2005 – KQ achieves IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) becoming the 1st carrier in sub-Saharan to get this rigorous safety certification.
Kenya Airways voted East Africa's Most Respected Company.
 

2004Kenya Airways scoops triple win as Best Domestic Airline 2003, Best Regional Airline 2002 and 2003 and Best In-flight Magazine 2002 and 2003 by Travel News & Lifestyle Magazine.

2001Voted Best User of Information Technology in Kenya by the Computer Society of Kenya.
Named African Airline of the Year for third year running by African Aviation Magazine.
 

2000KQ MSK Awards- Named African Airline of the Year for the second year running by African Aviation Magazine.
Voted runner-up in the award for the Most Respected Company in East Africa by business leaders surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Nation Media Group.
 

1999Voted African Airline of the Year by African Aviation Magazine ( UK based publication).
Voted Best Regional Airline in Eastern Africa by Travel News (a Kenyan publication).