Kenya Airways to Take over JKIA in New Strategic Move

June 4, 2018

Operations of the national flag carrier, Kenya Airways, and the Jomo Kenya International Airport (JKIA) are to be merged in a move that carries far–reaching implications for competition between the national airline and African and Middle East carriers.

The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting last week.

Two large State-controlled institutions are being brought together under one roof in an audacious effort at consolidating State assets in the aviation industry to mirror the same model practised by Middle East carriers where airlines also own airports.

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