The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Thursday received an authorization letter allowing the airport to facilitate direct flights between Kenya and the United States.
Ticket bookings for inaugural non-stop flight to New York have been low since opening in January, Kenya Airways said on Wednesday, but remained optimistic sales will pick up from August.
More than 820 employees of Kenya Airways have been summoned to appear at the US embassy in Nairobi for background checks ahead of the national carrier’s maiden flight to New York in October.
Kenyan airliners are expected to start making direct flights to the United States, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued Kenya with a certificate...