Kenya Airways plans to target high-level customers, as part of efforts to revive the airline’s fortunes. The airline came close to collapse, leading to a $2 billion financial restructuring in November last year that included a government bailout. Kenya Airways, majority owned by the government and 7.8 percent by Air France KLM, is sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest carrier by fleet after Ethiopian Airlines and South Africa Airways. The United States is the fastest-growing source of tourists to Kenya but U.S. passengers from Kenya must now change planes in Europe or the Gulf, a journey that takes over 20 hours. Kenya has long wanted to fly direct to the United States, but was only granted U.S. security clearance in February 2017 after a major refurbishment of Nairobi’s main airport.

Source: Ethiopian News March 07, 2018 16:52 UTC