A comparison of ticket prices between Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines reveals significant differences on several routes.
According to data from Travelstart.co.ke, a booking website, return Economy tickets for September 1, 2015, show the following prices:
Nairobi – Dar-es-Salaam ¶
Kenya Airways: $651 Ethiopian Airlines: $328
Nairobi – Johannesburg ¶
Kenya Airways: $771 Ethiopian Airlines: $533
Nairobi – Lagos ¶
Kenya Airways: $1,507 Ethiopian Airlines: $1,108
Nairobi – Kigali ¶
Kenya Airways: $658 Ethiopian Airlines: $294
Nairobi – Juba ¶
Kenya Airways: $608 Ethiopian Airlines: $462
Nairobi – Entebbe (Uganda) ¶
Kenya Airways: $569 Ethiopian Airlines: $356
Nairobi – Dubai ¶
Kenya Airways: Sh37,947 (one way) Ethiopian Airlines: Sh19,670 (one way), with a possible stopover in Addis Ababa.
The price disparity may contribute to Kenya Airways' significant loss, announced recently, while Ethiopian Airlines reported a Sh23 billion profit last year.
The recovered account cited reporting by Nairobi Wire.
