Tire burst exposes Nairobi s airport vulnerability eturbonews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eturbonews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kenya Airport Authority finally publishes tenders for new JKIA terminal
June 27, 2011
(eTN) – The long-awaited tender documents for a brand new terminal building at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) have been published, opening the door for international bidding to
(eTN) – The long-awaited tender documents for a brand new terminal building at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) have been published, opening the door for international bidding to go underway.
The stand-alone new facility, which is expected to be connected to the existing terminal buildings by bus service, will, when ready, offer up to 50 check-in counters, 8 air bridges for aircraft to dock – including meeting the specifications to serve the giant A 380 – and a further up to 45 aircraft parking stands on the linked apron space, also due to be constructed alongside the terminal, plus links to existing and new taxiways and an additional runway.
Relentless lobbying by Kenya’s tourism industry and equally relentless digs by the travel media over Kenya’s decision to only permit online e-Visa applications have shown the best result yet when
Relentless lobbying by Kenya’s tourism industry and equally relentless digs by the travel media over Kenya’s decision to only permit online e-Visa applications have shown the best result yet when yesterday, Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that the parallel system of on-arrival and online applications would continue for the time being.
Since the beginning of the month, when the new in advance visa policy came into effect, numerous travelers were told by airlines they could not board their flight to Kenya in the absence of a visa, even though Kenya Airways had informed the traveling public that two desks had been established at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to process passengers who arrived without the crucial document.
The bodged landing of an incoming aircraft from Somalia with just handful of passengers on board, at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport earlier in the afternoon again prompted a closure of Kenya’s main aviation hub and flight diversions of incoming services to alternate airports in the region. No flights were allowed to leave Nairobi either as a result.
One of the last flights to be affected by the closure was the British Airways service BA 065 from London to Nairobi, which ended up in Entebbe with passengers scratching their heads when and how they will reach their final destination.
Airline expansion and growth limited by poor airport infrastructure eturbonews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eturbonews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.