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| Photo: KQ Plane (Source/FurtherAfrica) |
You might have wondered why Kenya Airways is abbreviated as KQ and not KA. Surprisingly, long before Kenya Airways levitated to the serene skies in 1977, there existed the abbreviation KA.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) which assigns codes to Airports and Airlines extended the KA abbreviation to Korea in 1969.
Notably, KQ was birthed amid the dissolution of East African Airways that operated between 1945-1977.
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Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania entered a pact that birthed the EA airline, however, failed relations between the three countries saw the Airline stagger to nothingness.
The National carrier is now under public-private ownership with the Kenyan government being treated to a lion's share.
Kenya Airways has in the recent past been devising an efficient strategy that would patch them to their winning lanes after experiencing a turbulent past.