JKIA eyes category one status to allow US flights

Transport PS Irungu Nyakera (second right) joins Zambia’s Provincial Minister for Southern Province Nathaniel Mubakwani (right) and KQ CEO Mbuvi Ngunze in cutting a cake to welcome the newly launched flight KQ 782 into Livingstone. [Photo: Joe Ombuor/Standard]

Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is poised to join category one status to allow for direct flights to the US.

Transport Principal Secretary Irungu Nyakera made the revelation in Cape Town, South Africa, during the launch of the Nairobi-Cape Town route by Kenya Airways, via Livingstone in Zambia.