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Murkomen maintains stance against liberalizing airspace for foreign carriers

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Kenya Airways Aircraft plane takes off at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on December 21, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The government says it will not yield to pressure to liberalise Kenyan skies and give foreign carriers easy access to different airports within the country.

There has been a push, both internally and externally, for Kenya to open up its skies and allow different carriers to fly into different airports in the country, especially Mombasa.

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