Ethiopian Airlines has refuted claims it has a deal with Kenyan authorities allowing it to operate passenger planes for shipment of cargo. This follows reports in the local media that Kenya Airways is contesting a government deal allowing Ethiopian Airlines to operate passenger planes grounded by the coronavirus to ship cargo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ( JKIA) in Nairobi to Europe and Asia. According to the media reports, Kenya Airways said the new deal will give the rival carrier “undue advantage in a period when Kenya has frozen international passenger travel in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, leaving cargo as the only revenue driver.”In a statement seen by the Star, Ethiopian Airlines says it has not made any special deal with the Kenyan aeronautical authorities as alleged by part of the media.

Source: The Star April 18, 2020 15:11 UTC