Kenya lifts first, ban on flights from Dubai
Travellers from Dubai will be allowed into the country from today after Kenya lifted a ban it had imposed on all inbound and transit passenger flights from the Middle East nation two weeks ago.
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General Gilbert Kibe told on Monday that the ban was lifted Monday midnight, offering a major relief to hundreds of travellers between the two destinations.
Kenya had suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) on January 10 in retaliation against a move by Dubai to ban all passenger flights from Kenya over fake Covid-19 tests.
But the ban did not affect cargo flights that are normally flown by carriers such as Kenya Airways (KQ) and Emirates airline from UEA into Kenya.
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