Tanzania has dealt Kenya another blow.
The East African country says it will not allow any Kenya... Airways (KQ)
flights between Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar
effective tomorrow (August 1).
In a statement seen by Standard Digital, the Tanzania Civil
Aviation Authority added: “This also rescinds our previous arrangements
that permit KQ flights into the Republic of Tanzania.”
The letter noted that this will last for a period of two months from August 1 to October 24, 2020.
This follows an announcement by Transport CS James Macharia yesterday on
countries cleared to access Kenya’s airspace when international flights
resume tomorrow.
Consequently, Tanzania was missing in the list consisting of Uganda, Ethiopia, China, Canada, Japan and Rwanda.
Other countries are South Korea, Zimbabwe, France, Morocco and Namibia.
“These are countries that have mild or limited community transmissions
or they have declining and these are the ones initially we shall be
allowing passengers to come from,” CS Macharia said.
This also comes just days after a delegation sent by President Uhuru
Kenyatta to former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa’s burial was turned
back mid-air.
Senate Majority Leader Samuel Poghisio had been sent to deliver Uhuru’s
message of condolence to Mkapa’s family and Tanzania at large.
However, Tanzanian authorities announced during Mkapa’s farewell ceremony that the Kenyan delegation could not attend the event.
Reason given? That it was due to bad weather. Poghisio told The Standard
that the weather was ‘very bad’. “The Tanzanian Civil Aviation warned
us of bad weather and we could not land in the city. We needed time to
hold before the weather clears or be rerouted back,” he said.
Tanzania resumed international flights and cross-border transportation
on May 19, after President John Magufuli declared that the country was
free of Covid-19.
"The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God," Magufuli told worshippers in a church in Dodoma.
Kenya on the other hand will re-open its airspace to international flights tomorrow, August 1.
Friday, July 31, 2020
Tanzania deals Kenya blow, cancels KQ flights
By Betty Njeru
Tanzania has dealt Kenya another blow.
The East African country says it will not allow any Kenya... Airways (KQ)
flights between Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar
effective tomorrow (August 1).
In a statement seen by Standard Digital, the Tanzania Civil
Aviation Authority added: “This also rescinds our previous arrangements
that permit KQ flights into the Republic of Tanzania.”
The letter noted that this will last for a period of two months from August 1 to October 24, 2020.
This follows an announcement by Transport CS James Macharia yesterday on
countries cleared to access Kenya’s airspace when international flights
resume tomorrow.
Consequently, Tanzania was missing in the list consisting of Uganda, Ethiopia, China, Canada, Japan and Rwanda.
Other countries are South Korea, Zimbabwe, France, Morocco and Namibia.
“These are countries that have mild or limited community transmissions
or they have declining and these are the ones initially we shall be
allowing passengers to come from,” CS Macharia said.
This also comes just days after a delegation sent by President Uhuru
Kenyatta to former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa’s burial was turned
back mid-air.
Senate Majority Leader Samuel Poghisio had been sent to deliver Uhuru’s
message of condolence to Mkapa’s family and Tanzania at large.
However, Tanzanian authorities announced during Mkapa’s farewell ceremony that the Kenyan delegation could not attend the event.
Reason given? That it was due to bad weather. Poghisio told The Standard
that the weather was ‘very bad’. “The Tanzanian Civil Aviation warned
us of bad weather and we could not land in the city. We needed time to
hold before the weather clears or be rerouted back,” he said.
Tanzania resumed international flights and cross-border transportation
on May 19, after President John Magufuli declared that the country was
free of Covid-19.
"The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God," Magufuli told worshippers in a church in Dodoma.
Kenya on the other hand will re-open its airspace to international flights tomorrow, August 1.
Tanzania has dealt Kenya another blow.
The East African country says it will not allow any Kenya... Airways (KQ)
flights between Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar
effective tomorrow (August 1).
In a statement seen by Standard Digital, the Tanzania Civil
Aviation Authority added: “This also rescinds our previous arrangements
that permit KQ flights into the Republic of Tanzania.”
The letter noted that this will last for a period of two months from August 1 to October 24, 2020.
This follows an announcement by Transport CS James Macharia yesterday on
countries cleared to access Kenya’s airspace when international flights
resume tomorrow.
Consequently, Tanzania was missing in the list consisting of Uganda, Ethiopia, China, Canada, Japan and Rwanda.
Other countries are South Korea, Zimbabwe, France, Morocco and Namibia.
“These are countries that have mild or limited community transmissions
or they have declining and these are the ones initially we shall be
allowing passengers to come from,” CS Macharia said.
This also comes just days after a delegation sent by President Uhuru
Kenyatta to former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa’s burial was turned
back mid-air.
Senate Majority Leader Samuel Poghisio had been sent to deliver Uhuru’s
message of condolence to Mkapa’s family and Tanzania at large.
However, Tanzanian authorities announced during Mkapa’s farewell ceremony that the Kenyan delegation could not attend the event.
Reason given? That it was due to bad weather. Poghisio told The Standard
that the weather was ‘very bad’. “The Tanzanian Civil Aviation warned
us of bad weather and we could not land in the city. We needed time to
hold before the weather clears or be rerouted back,” he said.
Tanzania resumed international flights and cross-border transportation
on May 19, after President John Magufuli declared that the country was
free of Covid-19.
"The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God," Magufuli told worshippers in a church in Dodoma.
Kenya on the other hand will re-open its airspace to international flights tomorrow, August 1.
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