Aviation sector showing gradual revival post-Covid — KCAA
Kenya’s aviation sector is gradually rising from the damaging blow inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has said.
KCAA Director General Capt. Gilbert Kibe has revealed that the average daily Aircraft movement is currently about 550 from 1,045 before the pandemic.
Current daily international aircraft movement is at 110 while domestic traffic is 440.
With the setting in of the Coronavirus pandemic, Kenya and the global aviation sector was largely affected, with passenger traffic in July 2020 recording a decline of 94 per cent in comparison to the same period in 2019 due to the pandemic.
According to the data released by KCAA, aircraft traffic movements was lowest in July 2020, standing at 9,185, which decreased by 68 per cent belo...