Plans to launch direct flights to Hargesia, Somaliland on hold- KQ
National
By
Betty Njeru
| May 12, 2021
Plans to launch direct flights to Hargeisa, Somaliland from Kenya’s capital Nairobi are on hold.
Kenya Airways (KQ) refuted claims on Wednesday that it would be operating the route three times a week, saying: “we currently do not have any flights in operation, contrary to information circulating on social media.”
It is the latest development in a stretched and frosty relationship between Kenya and the Horn of Africa nations, Somalia and Somaliland.
On Tuesday, May 11, Kenya banned ="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001412507/kenya-bans-flights-to-and-from-somalia">all flights to and from Somalia< with immediate effect, without reason, days after Qatar brokered a deal that saw Mogadishu and Nairobi restore their diplomatic relations.
The direct flight agreement between Nairobi and Hargeisa was reached in a deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Somaliland’s Muse Bihi last year in December.
Kenya had ="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/nairobi/article/2001397220/uhuru-hosts-somaliland-leader-amidst-tension">hosted Bihi Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Ministry in a statement said, “President Uhuru will be seeking stronger relations between the two countries to bolster security, economic and social interactions.”
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