Monday demo in Thailand city disrupts KQ flight schedule

A Kenya Airways plane taxis on the runway at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport terminal. Planned public demonstrations in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, have hit Kenya Airways’ business, with the national carrier now making adjustments to its operational time on the route. PHOTO | FILE 

In Summary

• Scheduled to take place on Monday next week, the demo has seen the airline make changes to “smooth operations and continuity of service”.
• This is the second time in less than a month the national carrier has been forced to adjust its schedules due to political unrest.

By Nation Correspondent
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Planned public demonstrations in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, have hit Kenya Airways’ business, with the national carrier now making adjustments to its operational time on the route.

Scheduled to take place on Monday next week, the demo has seen the airline make changes to “smooth operations and continuity of service”.

In a statement Friday, the airline said its customers flying out of Bangkok should be at the main Suvarnabhumi Airport at least four hours before their scheduled time of departure.

“This is due to closure of major intersections that will impact traffic.

However, the check-in counter for these flights will remain open until one hour before departure time,” the airline noted.

This is the second time in less than a month the national carrier has been forced to adjust its schedules due to political unrest.

On December 24, last year, KQ was forced to suspend flights to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, in the wake of a failed coup d’état by former vice-president, Mr Riek Machar, to overthrow president Salva Kiir.

Operations of other local airlines, including Fly540 plying the Nairobi - Juba route had also been disrupted in the stalemate that has seen warring factions meet in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for peace talks.

Kenya Airyways has since resumed flights to Juba.