This archive report was first published on 18 November 2021.
At the Dubai Airshow 2021, Boeing announced a partnership with Kenya Airways to support the Fahari Innovation Hub, launched in July 2021.
The hub is a platform that brings together entrepreneurs and innovators to help accelerate the development of the aviation industry and tackle some of its current and future challenges.
"The industry has been through a tough two years, but it is resilient and promises to become even more competitive and complex," said Kuljit Ghata-Aura, president of Boeing Middle East, Turkey, and Africa.
Boeing will support the hub by equipping it with software, hardware, furnishing, and other essential requirements, making it an epicenter for strategic innovation management.
Group CEO and MD, Kenya Airways, Allan Kilavuka said, "While the pandemic came with extreme challenges for the aviation industry, it also brought along opportunities for reflection initiatives, one of them being the Fahari Innovation Hub."