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How KQ's fortunes sank, and a pilot's rescue plan

Passengers boarding a Kenya Airways aircraft at Moi International Airport in Mombasa. [File, Standard]

Last November, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), a regional economic bloc comprising 21 African countries, fined Kenya Airways (KQ) for violating passenger rights by mistreating and failing to provide sufficient assistance during flight disruptions.

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