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The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials will be in Kenya in October to carry out final audit on Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, setting the stage for Kenya Airways to start direct flights to United States next April.
If the audit is successful, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport will receive the Last Point of Departure status, allowing it to fly flights from Nairobi directly to the United States.
Transport Cabinet secretary James Macharia said that the officials from the US department have confirmed the new audit date after they postponed it from this month.
“The officials from the US department of transport will be in the country in October to conduct the final audit on the Last Point of Departure, which will now allow for the start of direct flights between the two countries,” said Macharia.
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority last month said that final audit had been postponed from June to until the August 8 elections are held.
Macharia confirmed that Kenya Airways applied for the Air Service License and Air Operation License to the United States authorities and the application is under process.
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Mailimbili trust me it has nothing to do with our Kenyan part??ITs USA which has bin changing the goal post Everytime and personally that's why I have insisted Kwani must we keep begging them Everytime about flying to USA direct???I ow it's gonna b good business for Kenya n lots of monies will b made by Kenya airways If we get the green light but sisi waafrica wr bin controlled vibaya must we beg to get this or that all the time????I have insisted on Gaddafis dreams of forming one United States of Africa so we can trade among ourselves before thinking of western markets!!Africa markets can b than Europe n USA our African leaders continues to put mzungu first than us africans which is bullshit.
It's the reporters hoping for BREAKING NEWS on old...tired ?news".... reporting as if just to capture readership - otherwise, mvumilivu hula mbivu...... I think it is good learning from those who have tried tricks. Given how we 'cook' and by-pass standards and 'pay' a whole jobs work for half-baked work (pocketing the loot), let the 'headmaster' keep us in check re: matters security... hata kama siku hizi dunia mbaya all over.
I have said it before that there will never be direct flights from Kenya to the USA. The dates and requirements will keep changing until Jesus comes back. The only benefit to this process is that JKIA standards continue to improve with each new inspection.
Flights between Nairobi and USA will happen, but you must understand the white mans psych... that he is being protective as far as this market is concerned and he is trying to hatch a deal where he comes on top financially and when that happens he will grandt the License....mark my words!
I don't know about you, I am so tired of reading about direct flights from NBO to US. This must be the 5th year reading about it. The US keeps dangling the carrot or should I say , Moving the goal post. The Kenya Airways is going to keep on losing money on this deal. Whoever is making this deal should be fired for doing a lousy job of negotiating with the US counterparts. The conditions to improve the airport keep on changing over and over and over and..................over.