Kenya Airways signs order for seven Boeing Dreamliners

Kenya Airways has signed a deal for the purchase of nine 787-8 Dreamliner planes with Boeing to replace part of its fleet and expand routes and flight frequencies, it said. According to Airwise News, CE Titus Naikuni said six of the new planes would replace six of the company's ageing fleet of Boeing 767's, while the rest would be for expansion on new routes. The airline, partly owned by Air France-KLM, had been mulling the purchase of A330s from Airbus, after the delivery of the 787s was delayed from October 2010. The first of the aircraft will be delivered in the last quarter of 2013, and the airline will have an option to buy a further four planes, he said.