Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways is an airline in sustainable aviation fuel, based in Kenya. It is named in 1 agreement on the SAFxCHANGE record in 2026, having bought from 1 producer or supplier. 1 of them was found in the news and is not yet checked against the announcement.
Carries passengers and partners to establish Africa's first dedicated SAF refinery.
Where Kenya Airways sits, from feedstock to flight
- Feedstock
- Technology
- Production Fuel producer
- Supply and delivery
- Airports
- Flight Airline
Who Kenya Airways trades with each line one counterparty, as thick as the number of agreements, coloured by its place in the value chain
Bought from
The agreements 1, newest first
| Year | Producer | Buyer | Supplier | Volume, million litres | Term, years | Deliveries from | Signed | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rubis Energy Kenya | Kenya Airways | 40 a year, the plant's$70.5 million to $82.2 million | memorandum | unverified | announcement |
People the news names at Kenya Airways in their business roles
- Allan KilavukaCEO · 5 mentions, latest 2025-10-16
- George Kamalacting group managing director and CEO · 3 mentions, latest 2026-06-23
- Hellen MwaririChief Strategy and Innovation Officer · 2 mentions, latest 2025-10-26
About
Kenya Airways Ltd., known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya, founded in 1977. Its head office is in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Initially government-owned, it was privatised in 1996 and is now a public-private partnership. The Government of Kenya remains the largest shareholder with 48.9% ownership. Other shareholders include KQ Lenders Company 2017 Ltd and KLM. Shares are traded on multiple East African stock exchanges. Kenya Airways is a member of SkyTeam and the African Airlines Association.
From the SAFxCHANGE company list, where it is filed as "Airline".
In the news the latest 16 items naming Kenya Airways
- 2026-06-23 Africa enters early sustainable aviation fuel industrialisation phase The Independent Uganda
- 2026-06-08 Kenya Airways partners with Rubis Energy to establish Africa’s first SAF refinery Oils & Fats International
- 2026-05-13 Africa’s first aviation fuel refinery planned under new $82 million France-backed deal Business Insider Africa
- 2026-05-12 Kenya Airways & Rubis to launch Africa’s first dedicated SAF refinery Bizna Kenya
- 2026-05-12 Kenya Airways and Rubis Plan Africa’s First Dedicated SAF Refinery in Nairobi Techish Kenya
- 2026-05-12 Kenya Airways, Rubis Energy sign agreement for sustainable aviation fuel refinery CNBC Africa
- 2025-10-26 Kenya Airways flies first African route, from Nairobi to Cape Town, on sustainable fuel Africa Sustainability Matters
- 2025-10-23 Kenya Airways Makes Huge Leap In Sustainable Air Travel Within Africa Travel Noire
- 2025-10-16 Kenya Airways takes off on locally made jet biofuel in bid to attract green investment Business Insider Africa
- 2025-10-13 Kenya Airways Bets on Homegrown Biofuels to Lure Green Investment Bloomberg.com
- 2023-06-07 Kenya Airways First African Airline to Use Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Eni biofuels-news.com
- 2023-05-26 Kenya Airways Becomes First African Airline to Use Sustainable Aviation Fuel biobased-diesel.com
- 2023-05-26 Kenya Airways Takes Part in Sustainable Flight Challenge with Eni's SAF biomassmagazine.com
- 2023-03-13 EU Scouts Africa for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects reuters.com
- 2023-01-01 Qatar Airways signs a deal with Shell for Sustainable Aviation Fuel tourismupdate.co.za
- 2021-12-01 EU seeks African partners for clean jet fuel projects hydrocarbonprocessing.com
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A company page draws on the SAFxCHANGE record: the agreement table (2013 to late 2023), the plants table (December 2023) and what the reader has found in the news since, marked unverified until checked. The categories follow the SAFxCHANGE value-chain map; they were assigned from the company's role in the deals and plants and from what is written about it, and a company can fill more than one. Names are matched by their words, so a company recorded under two very different names may show on two pages. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, Kenya Airways: sustainable aviation fuel agreements, plants and people, https://eflight.com/saf/company/kenya-airways, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].