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Kenya Airways data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract real-time flight schedules, fare buckets, seat availability, and route combinations from kenya-airways.com. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake.

Flights extracted
8,412 /day
Price updates
32,190 /24h
Route combinations
1,450 /run
Active pipelines
41
Uptime
99.94%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from kenya-airways.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Flight Schedules objects from kenya-airways.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

flight_numberorigin_airportdestination_airportdeparture_timearrival_timeduration_minutesstopsaircraft_typeoperating_carriercodeshare
flight_schedules
● 200 OK
"flight_number": "KQ100",
"origin_airport": "NBO",
"destination_airport": "LHR",
"departure_time": "2024-11-12T09:35:00Z",
"arrival_time": "2024-11-12T16:15:00Z",
"duration_minutes": 520,
"stops": 0,
"aircraft_type": "Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner",
"operating_carrier": "Kenya Airways"
# flight_numberorigin_airportdestination_airportdeparture_timearrival_timeduration_minutes
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Complete list of extractable fields for Pricing & Fares objects from kenya-airways.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

flight_numberdeparture_datecabin_classfare_basispricecurrencytaxesseats_remainingrefundablescrape_timestamp
pricing_& fares
● 200 OK
"flight_number": "KQ100",
"departure_date": "2024-11-12",
"cabin_class": "Business",
"fare_basis": "J1Y",
"price": 2450.0,
"currency": "USD",
"taxes": 185.5,
"seats_remaining": 4,
"refundable": true,
"scrape_timestamp": "2024-10-01T08:15:22Z"
# flight_numberdeparture_datecabin_classfare_basispricecurrency
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Complete list of extractable fields for Route Network objects from kenya-airways.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

origindestinationdistance_kmfrequency_weeklydirect_flighttransit_hubterminal_originterminal_destinationseasonal_route
route_network
● 200 OK
"origin": "NBO",
"destination": "JFK",
"distance_km": 11840,
"frequency_weekly": 7,
"direct_flight": true,
"transit_hub": "None",
"terminal_origin": "1A",
"terminal_destination": "4",
"seasonal_route": false
# origindestinationdistance_kmfrequency_weeklydirect_flighttransit_hub
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Complete list of extractable fields for Fleet & Aircraft objects from kenya-airways.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

aircraft_modelregistrationmanufacturerseat_capacitybusiness_seatseconomy_seatswifi_availablepower_outletsin_flight_entertainment
fleet_& aircraft
● 200 OK
"aircraft_model": "Boeing 787-8",
"manufacturer": "Boeing",
"seat_capacity": 234,
"business_seats": 30,
"economy_seats": 204,
"wifi_available": false,
"power_outlets": true,
"in_flight_entertainment": true
# aircraft_modelregistrationmanufacturerseat_capacitybusiness_seatseconomy_seats
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Complete list of extractable fields for Baggage Policies objects from kenya-airways.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

route_zonecabin_classchecked_allowance_kgchecked_piecescarry_on_allowance_kgexcess_fee_per_kgcurrencysports_equipment_feepet_policy
baggage_policies
● 200 OK
"route_zone": "Africa to Europe",
"cabin_class": "Economy",
"checked_allowance_kg": 46,
"checked_pieces": 2,
"carry_on_allowance_kg": 12,
"excess_fee_per_kg": 35.0,
"currency": "USD",
"sports_equipment_fee": 100.0
# route_zonecabin_classchecked_allowance_kgchecked_piecescarry_on_allowance_kgexcess_fee_per_kg
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Capabilities

Deep flight data extraction

Our scraper navigates complex booking flows, handles session management, and extracts accurate pricing across all cabin classes directly from kenya-airways.com.

Comprehensive Flight Schedules

Extract departure and arrival times, flight durations, layovers, and aircraft types for all active routes.

Dynamic Fare Tracking

Capture real-time pricing across Economy, Premium, and Business classes, including tax breakdowns and base fares.

Seat Availability Indicators

Monitor limited seat warnings and fare bucket availability to gauge flight demand.

Multi-Currency Extraction

Scrape fares in KES, USD, GBP, EUR, and other supported currencies based on point of sale.

Codeshare Mapping

Identify flights operated by partner airlines like KLM or Air France under KQ flight numbers.

Flexible Date Searches

Extract pricing matrices across weekly or monthly calendar views to map fare trends.

Ancillary Fees

Capture baggage allowances, excess weight penalties, and seat selection costs.

High-Frequency Updates

Run pipelines hourly or daily to track volatile airline pricing algorithms.

Structured Delivery

Receive normalised data ready for immediate analysis, bypassing complex HTML parsing.

// engagement pipeline

From route list to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide origin-destination pairs, date ranges, and frequency requirements. We design the schema.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Playwright crawlers, manage booking flow sessions, and handle bot protection.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, and price anomaly detection before full launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON, CSV, or Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket or warehouse on the agreed schedule.

Under the hood

Overcoming airline scraping challenges

Airline websites employ aggressive bot mitigation and complex session states. We handle the infrastructure so you receive clean data.

pipeline-monitor · kenya-airways.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Session State Management
Navigating multi-step booking flows

Airline pricing requires progressing through a specific sequence of search and selection pages. We maintain strict cookie persistence and session states to reach the final fare matrices without triggering session expiry errors.

Bot Mitigation
Bypassing enterprise WAFs

Travel sites use advanced fingerprinting to block automated traffic. We utilise residential proxies and precise browser header spoofing to mimic genuine passenger search behaviour.

Dynamic Rendering
Executing complex JavaScript

Fares and availability are loaded asynchronously via internal APIs. We use Playwright to execute JavaScript fully, wait for network idleness, and parse the hydrated DOM.

Rate Limiting
Distributed request timing

High-frequency searches from a single IP result in immediate bans. Our infrastructure distributes queries across thousands of IPs with randomised delays to stay under detection thresholds.

Data Normalisation
Structuring inconsistent outputs

Flight data formats often change based on route or operating carrier. We normalise dates, currencies, and cabin classes into a strict, predictable schema.

Applications

Who uses Kenya Airways data

Teams across industries use kenya-airways.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)

Aggregate schedules and fares to populate booking engines and compare pricing against competitors.

02
Pricing Intelligence

Competitor airlines monitor KQ fare buckets and promotional pricing to adjust their own revenue management algorithms.

03
Travel Analytics Firms

Analyse route frequencies, capacity, and seasonal schedule changes to forecast regional travel demand.

04
Corporate Travel Managers

Track historical pricing on high-volume corporate routes to negotiate better corporate fare agreements.

05
Logistics & Cargo Planners

Monitor wide-body aircraft schedules to estimate available belly-cargo capacity on key African routes.

06
Market Research

Evaluate airline network expansion, codeshare partnerships, and hub connectivity at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Why DataFlirt

"Flight pricing is highly dynamic and heavily guarded by bot protection, requiring constant session rotation to map accurate fare buckets."

Airlines deploy sophisticated session tracking and dynamic rendering to prevent automated fare aggregation. DataFlirt handles the complex proxy rotation, session persistence, and multi-step form execution required to extract clean pricing data without triggering rate limits.

Technical Spec

Kenya Airways scraper specifications

Everything supported by our kenya-airways.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

JavaScript rendering
Playwright sessions required for asynchronous fare loading
Supported
Residential proxies
Rotated IPs to bypass WAF and rate limiting
Supported
Multi-currency extraction
Fares captured in local or specified currencies
Supported
Calendar matrix parsing
Extraction of +/- 3 day flexible fare grids
Supported
Tax breakdown
Separation of base fare and imposed taxes/fees
Supported
Codeshare identification
Flags for flights operated by partner airlines
Supported
Asante Rewards member profiles
Requires authenticated user login credentials
Partial
Private PNR management
Access to existing passenger booking records
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Playwright Orchestration

We manage complex browser contexts to navigate multi-page booking flows, ensuring session cookies remain valid until fare extraction is complete.

Proxy Rotation Logic

Traffic is routed through high-quality residential IPs with strict geographic targeting to prevent currency defaults and block pages.

Automated Retries

Transient errors common in airline booking engines are handled via intelligent exponential backoff and automatic session restarts.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Nested structures for complex itineraries
CSV
Flat files for simple route analysis
XLS
Spreadsheet format for manual review
Parquet
Columnar storage for fast querying
AWS S3
Direct bucket upload
Webhook
Real-time HTTP POST per search result
API
On-demand querying endpoints
PostgreSQL
Direct database insertion
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

About kenya-airways.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Can you scrape fares for multi-city itineraries?

Yes. We can configure the pipeline to input multi-city routes into the search engine and extract the combined itinerary pricing.

How frequently can you update pricing?

We support daily, hourly, or custom interval scraping depending on your target route volume and budget requirements.

Do you extract seat availability?

We capture the public indicators shown during the booking process, such as 'Only 3 seats left at this price'.

How do you handle currency conversions?

We extract the exact currency displayed by the airline based on the point-of-sale configuration requested for the scrape.

Is baggage information included?

Yes. We extract the baggage allowance specified for the selected fare class during the booking flow.

Can you scrape historical pricing?

We only extract current and future flight data available on the live website. We build historical datasets over time from the day your pipeline begins running.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=kenya-airways.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Specify your target routes and delivery frequency. We handle the scraping infrastructure.

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