Kenya Airways and Afreximbank sign Fleet financing agreement

25-Jun-2012 Kenya Airways Limited (Kenya Airways) today announced that its Board of Directors had approved the award of the mandate to arrange the aircraft financing for the purchase of nine (9) new Boeing 787-800s (Dreamliners) (B787s), one (1) Boeing 777-300ER (B777-300ER), and ten (10) Embraer -190 aircraft (E-190s) to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The mandate was awarded to the Afreximbank following due consideration and assessment of several financing bids received pursuant to a request for proposals (RFPs) issued by Kenya Airways in March 2012.