Kenya Airways to seek more loan deferrals as it awaits nationalisation
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David Whitehouse
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September 24, 2021 08:47
Kenya Airways will need to ask its lenders for more deferrals of capital repayments as it waits for parliament to approve its planned nationalisation, CEO Allan Kilavuka tells The Africa Report ahead of the AFRICA CEO FORUM Digital Edition where he will be a speaker.
The airline has been paying interest only on its loans. “So far lenders have been understanding,” Kilavuka says in Nairobi, adding that he expects they will continue to give support.
The government owns 48.9% of the airline, with a consortium of lenders holding 38% and Air France-KLM 7.8%. The bill to nationalise the airline has passed parliament on its first and second readings, but still needs