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Tourism players upbeat on process towards US-Kenya direct flights

By Philip Mwakio | Jul. 27, 2015

**An unattended car is heaved from JKIA’s Terminal 2 by a forklift on Friday in a security sweep ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival. [PHOTO: GEORGE ORIDO/STANDARD]**

President Barack Obama's announcement that Kenya and America were working to ensure direct flights between the two nations has elicited wide support from players in the struggling tourism industry.

They asked the Kenyan government to move expeditiously and ensure it complies with all the requirements by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to allow for the air service to start.

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