This archive report was first published on 8 June 2020.
Kenya's international travel restrictions have been extended, with President Uhuru Kenyatta directing the Ministry of Transport to develop protocols for the resumption of local air travel within seven days.
As of March, the country had closed its borders, canceled international flights, and imposed strict entry and quarantine requirements to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected over 2,600 people, including 83 fatalities.
"I have applied my mind to the different scenarios presented by our experts. And I have reconciled myself to the fact that to 'open' or not to 'open' up is not a dilemma between a right and a wrong. It is a dilemma between two rights," Kenyatta said on Saturday.
Kenya Airways posted a net loss of Sh12.98 billion for the year ended December 2019, compared to the Sh7.558 billion loss posted a year earlier.
According to a report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), airlines around the world have parked between 80 and 90 percent of their aircraft, with an estimated $314 billion in revenues lost this year.
Published on June 8, 2020.
