This archive report was first published on 14 May 2020.
Published on May 14, 2020, Kenya Airways has nearly doubled air ticket prices for repatriating Kenyans stranded in Britain.
Passengers will pay £771 (Sh101,000) to fly back to Nairobi from London on Friday, a significant increase from the £430 (Sh53,495) charged on May 4.
The national carrier has been surviving on cargo and chartered services following the grounding of passenger services after the State suspended all cross-border passenger flights on March 22.
On April 6, the government also barred movement into and out of four counties including Nairobi, Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi, forcing KQ to ground flights and hinge its survival solely on cargo business.
The chartered flights, scheduled to arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Friday, will be available only for Kenyans who test negative for Covid-19.
The cost of the tests for Covid-19 will be met by the passengers.
The national carrier will carry passengers on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which has the capacity for up to 335 passengers in a three-class seating configuration.
