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Lobby wants local air travel rules eased

Passengers disembark at the Manda Airport in Lamu County on a flight from Nairobi via Mombasa. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Local airlines want the government to relax some of the Covid-19 requirements on domestic air travellers, arguing that it will help the travel sector to recover.

The Kenya Association of Air Operators (Kaao) specifically wants Kenyans using air travel to different airports and airstrips across the country to be treated the same way as those using rail and road transport.

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