Although Kenya Airways had earlier sent out notice to her customers about the resumption of the Nairobi-London route from May 22, and henceforth opening bookings from the set date, the revelation hasn’t come to pass after flights between the two countries were further banned and extended by another month.
Earlier reports of resumption initially raised optimism for a revival of the UK summer peak season into East Africa, but those hopes are now out shined.
The carrier had planned to resume the flights after more than a month’s suspension, following UK government’s ban on flights from Kenya to the UK. A retaliatory reciprocal ban was imposed by Kenya on all flights from the UK on April 9.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) then said the ban on passenger flights on the Nairobi-London route would remain in force until June 5. “The suspension of flights between Kenya and UK is still on. We have extended the Notice to the Airmen (NOTAM) by another month,” said KCAA director-general Gilbert Kibe.
Kenya is still on the UK’s ‘Red List’, which means that arrivals from Kenya, or those who have been in Kenya in the 10 days prior to departure for the UK, have to quarantine in a pre-booked managed quarantine hotel for 10 days on arrival.
More so, the UK discourages its citizens and residents from travelling to red-list countries. Even transiting through a red-list country can land travellers in quarantine, if they have mixed with new boarding passengers.
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