Kenya can add Sh7b to economy annually by opening her airspace

Kenya Tourism Board managing director Mureithi Ndegwa and Mombasa County Miss Tourism Tima Keila (left) hand over some flower roses to some of the one hundred and seventy tourists as they disembark from their chartered direct flight 'enter air' at the Moi International Airport from Holand on Saturday night, December 28, 2014. Another chartered direct flight from Check Republic also landed at the same airport with fifty tourists. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Kenya: Kenya stands to add Sh7 billion to the economy annually if it opens its air space by entering mutually beneficial international agreements.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that opening up airspace could result in about 16,000 jobs being created and a staggering Sh7 billion added to overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP).