Afternoon Flights to Kisumu cancelled
BY KEPHER OTIENO
All after noon flights to and from Kisumu airport have been cancelled. The drastic decision by Kenya Air Ports Authority (KAA) is to allow construction of the runway continue uninterrupted.
Kisumu Airport manager Joseph Okumu has confirmed the cancellations.
However, morning and evening flights will remain on schedule.
Passengers on transit from Nairobi to Kisumu and vice versa will now have to adjust their timings to avoid inconveniences.
READ MORE
Boost for renewable energy as EPRA launches guidelines
Kebs locks out Swiss firm from lucrative tender over graft case
Meg Whitman: Taxation rates should be increased gradually
Will proposed tax measures sail through Parliament?
Hiking levies is a risky gamble in tough times
Kenyans will have final say on Finance Bill 2024, says Nyoro
Governors accuse oversight agencies of overstepping their mandate
Tech companies commit to spearhead AI in healthcare
Why Finance Bill 2024 is bitter pill for Coast residents
New Eco Levy threatens Kenya's green future and jobs, say experts
Over the weekend, Kenya Air ways and Jet Link airlines were penalized after they flew in the after noon, despite the ban.
But none of them was ready to say why they had to do so even after it was communicated to all air lines that they fly only in the morning and evening hours.
Sources at the port told Standard that the airlines were penalized for putting lives of passengers at risk by flying in amid repairs.
The airlines had to wait for more than six hours to be allowed to fly after passengers disembarked from the planes.
The discipline was taken to allow them abide by the ban on after noon flights as enforced by the airport authorities.
Just last week, a Jetlink plane nearly crushed at the runway when it veered off the lane.
But a quick decision by the pilot salvaged the plane from a possible crush into the lake.
According to witnesses, the pilot applied emergency brakes and skidded to the solid land after the breaks failed.
This saved the plane from skidding to the Lake after the pilot turned to the solid ground.
- Meg Whitman: Taxation rates should be increased gradually
- Will proposed tax measures sail through Parliament?
- Airtel wins Sh4 billion landmark case over distribution of phones