[Photo: Joe Ombuor/Standard]Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is poised to join category one status to allow for direct flights to the US. Her sentiments were echoed by Kenya’s High Commissioner to South Africa Ms Jean Kamau. Transport Principal Secretary Irungu Nyakera made the revelation in Cape Town, South Africa, during the launch of the Nairobi-Cape Town route by Kenya Airways, via Livingstone in Zambia. “Flight KQ 782 from Nairobi via Livingstone will return as Flight KQ 783 three times per week with prospects for increased traffic in future,” said Ngunze. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) are expected in Nairobi on July 25 to announce if Kenya qualifies,” he said.

Source: Standard Digital July 06, 2016 17:03 UTC