Kenya on Tuesday lifted a ban it had imposed on all inbound and transit passenger flights from the Middle East nation two weeks ago, travellers from Dubai will now be allowed into the country.
The move come days after Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo said the two sides were holding discussions on the matter but there were no certainties on when flights could resume.
“We are working together to reach an understanding on how we can return to normalcy,” she told a press conference at her offices on Friday.
“I have no white smoke to report today but I want to tell you that we are active on the matter and it is our hope that we will reach an understanding that will enable them to open up their flight paths and for us to do the same. It is a matter that is under discussion.”
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) director-general Gilbert Kibe told The EastAfrican on that the ban was lifted Monday midnight, offering a major relief to hundreds of travellers between the two destinations.
Kenya had suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) on January 10 in retaliation against a move by Dubai to ban all passenger flights from Kenya over fake Covid-19 tests.