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Manda Airport gets Kenya Airports Authority's nod to receive large planes

Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has announced that the rehabilitated Manda Airport on Manda Island can now handle large planes such as the Boeing 737 series.

Speaking to the Press when he toured the facility yesterday, KAA chairman Mutuma Mugambi said a second runway had been built at a cost of Sh500 million, adding that the first large planes could land at the airport by mid next year.

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