The government has withdrawn commercial aviation rights for Emirates Airlines to operate a third daily flight to Kenya. "In this regard, the republic of Kenya is unable to grant a third daily passenger frequency to Emirates Airline before the review," Nyakera says in the letter. Emirates airline was to introduce a third daily flight from Dubai to Nairobi from June 1, 2017. "Our earlier approval for flight EK 717/718 is subsequently withdrawn," the letter copied to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority and the Kenya Airports Authority management reads in part. This would have enabled customers arriving on Emirates’ flights from India, the UK and other European countries including France, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Netherlands and Italy to connect to the Nairobi flight within three hours.

Source: The Star January 25, 2017 19:10 UTC