Kenyan carrier, Fly 540 gets nod to start international aviation operations
Domestic Kenyan carrier Fly 540 has been granted a licence to launch international flights in a move that will increase the number of Kenyan airlines flying to the rest of the world. This follows a decision by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
(KCAA) to grant Fly 540’s application to expand its air services to
other African countries and the United Arab Emirates for the next three
years.
The airline will also fly to Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Dubai as well as return to regional routes including Zanzibar and Dar-es-Salam.
KCAA further granted new licences and renewed existing ones for 28 local and regional airlines, in a year most carriers are suffering the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nigeria-based cargo airline Allied Air has also been granted a
licence to operate flights between Lagos and Nairobi, with routing
flights to JKIA from Cairo, Douala, Luanda, Johannesburg, Bangui,
Windoek and Abidjan among others.
