Last month, Europe’s largest Airline Lufthansa christened one of their cargo aircrafts Jambo Kenya. The plane touched down in Nairobi around 3 weeks ago, to a warm welcome. We have some pics.
How did this happen? Well.. It’s part of Lufthansa’s strategy to conquer Africa’s cargo business. It is targeting various emerging countries, and Jambo Kenya was just a start.
The idea to give the aircraft the greeting “Jambo Kenya” originated from the winning idea in a creative public competition held by Lufthansa Cargo to find a naming convention for its entire fleet in advance of the arrival of the 777. From the more than 40,000 potential aircraft names submitted to Lufthansa Cargo, a jury with the involvement of the full Cargo Board opted for the central theme to “Say hello around the world”. Accordingly, all freighters in the Lufthansa Cargo fleet – both Boeing 777Fs and MD-11Fs – will henceforth be christened with greetings in more than 20 customary languages.
Lufthansa Cargo flies to Nairobi 4 times a week.
Full name Deutsche Lufthansa, the airline is Germany’s flag carrier and also the largest airline in Europe, both in terms of overall passengers carried and fleet size. It has a fleet of over 620 planes.
It is also the largest airline in the world in terms of revenue, ahead of American Airlines.
Why is This Lufthansa Plane Called ‘Jambo Kenya’
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