Profit-focused Kenya Airways can be the Pride of Africa

CNN news anchor Richard Quest and Kenya Airways CEO Sebastian Mikosz at JKIA, Nairobi. PHOTO | COURTESY

Ironically, one of the reasons I came to Nairobi in the first place is the way I will be leaving it: Kenya Airways and its inaugural flight to New York this weekend.

On Thursday I wanted to pay my first visit to the national airline’s headquarters and get a true sense of what makes this slowly rejuvenating legacy carrier tick.