From Flowers to Vaccines, Kenya Airways Sees New Opportunity

With passenger traffic in a slump, airlines are turning to freight to fill the gap – and Kenya Airways spies an advantage in the market to deliver temperature-sensitive COVID vaccines: its expertise in flying fresh roses to Europe.
Source Borneo Bulletin
Feb. 15, 2021

NAIROBI (AFP) – With passenger traffic in a slump, airlines are turning to freight to fill the gap – and Kenya Airways spies an advantage in the market to deliver temperature-sensitive COVID vaccines: its expertise in flying fresh roses to Europe.

Some 3,000 tonnes of flowers are currently exported every week from Nairobi’s international airport under demanding cool-storage conditions akin to those required to safely ship COVID vaccines.

Read more: https://borneobulletin.com.bn/from-flowers-to-vaccines-kenya-airways-sees-new-opportunity/

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