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Tour operator comes to the rescue of airline passengers

By Machari Kamau

Somak Holidays, leading tour operator in the United Kingdom chartered a 36-seater aircraft from Safari Link to airlift 35 passengers whose original flight was diverted to Mombasa after the closure of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) owing to a fire incident on Wednesday.

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