Kenya Airways CEO Mbuvi Ngunze voted to head aviation body

KQ chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze.

Kenya Airways received recognition at the just-concluded 47th Annual General Assembly of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) with the election of Chief Executive Officer Mbuvi Ngunze as chairman of the executive committee.

AFRAA is the trade association for airlines from the member states of the African Union and has its headquarters in Nairobi.

Mr Ngunze was elected during election held in the Republic of Congo capital, Brazzaville.

Abdehahmane Berthe, the CEO of Air Burkina, was elected first vice chairman and Sherif Fathi, chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company, the second vice chairman of the committee that has oversight responsibility for the association in addition to crafting policy and overseeing implementation of projects and programs by the secretariat.

Others elected were Mr Jean Paul Nana Sandjo, the CEO of Camair-Co to represent the West/Central African region, Mr John Mirengemi the CEO of Rwandair to represent the Eastern African region and Mr Driss Benhima, chairman and CEO of Royal Air Maroc to represent the Northern African region.

Ethiopian Airlines was crowned the African airline of the year for exceptional financial performance in 2014.

Air Zimbabwe was nominated to host the 48th AFRAA Annual General Assembly in Harare next year.