Kenya Airways’ route network will be expanded outside New York according to a Cabinet resolution to modify the air services agreement between Kenya and America.
Kenya Airways is now flying passengers between Nairobi and New York on a regular basis.
Kenya and the United States signed a pact on February 5, 2020, seeking to amend an earlier agreement signed on June 8, 2008, in Washington, DC.
The agreement will also allow national carriers like Kenya Airways to fly to the United States and American carriers to fly to Kenya.
No airline from the United States is flying into Kenya, according to Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia.
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The ratification of the agreement, according to the Ministry of Transportation, would improve trade and commerce, tourism, market access and connectivity, investment interests, and mutual collaboration between the two countries.
In a report to the House, the National Assembly’s Transportation Committee stated that the start of FedEx cargo operations and a base in Kenya will have a multiplier impact on the Kenyan economy by opening up enormous prospects for Kenyans.
According to the team, the agreement would increase Kenyan and US air carriers’ operations and markets, improve the flow of products, people, and mail, and provide greater flexibility in fulfilling demand and customer needs.
