Kenya Airways gets US Govt. nod for direct flights
United States President Donald Trump has approved Kenya Airways application for direct flights from Nairobi to the US. According to an order released yesterday by the US Department of Transportation, neither Trump, nor his representative, rejected the application by the national carrier for the direct flights. Interested parties had been given 21 days to file objections to the order. On the other hand, Trump had 60 days to disapprove the application but did not, hence the application became valid on September 5, 2017. Kenya Airways is now allowed to transport persons, property, and mail from any point or points behind Kenya, via any point or points in Kenya and any intermediate points, to any point or points in the United States and beyond, the order read in part. “We make final our findings and conclusions as stated in the order and award to Kenya Airways PLC the foreign air carrier permit with associated conditions attached to the order,” US director of international a...