Kenya Airways (KQ), the East African country’s public private partnership national flag carrier, has announced that it has signed a long-term contract, with Germany-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company Lufthansa Technik, for the supply of components for the airline’s fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners. KQ operates nine 787-8 models of the new-generation, predominantly composite airframe, widebody airliners, these comprising the entirety of its long-haul fleet. “Due to increased ...