Nairobi, March 15 -- Kenya Airways (KQ) has revived the chief operating officer (COO) post it scrapped nearly three years ago and appointed captain George Kamal effective March 14.

KQ, as the airline is known by its international code, has been restructuring to return to profitability and cut reliance on Treasury handouts for operational cash.

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Cap Kamal is a former Air Arabia operations director and Iraqi Airways COO.

"He will, therefore, be involved in the coordinating activities in various departments including flight operations, technical services, ground services, integrated operational control centre and supply chain," KQ managing director Allan Kilavuka said Tuesday in a ...