Kenya Airways Secures Licence to Launch Direct Flights to US
- Chidozie Uzoezie
- Jun 17, 2017
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 28, 2023
Kenya Airways has moved a step closer to launching direct flights to the United States after the Department of Transportation (DOT) granted it the first set of licences, reports The Star.
The national carrier has received “exemption authority” from the DOT, allowing it to commence flights to the US provided it secures clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other applicable State agencies.
According to the report, the DOT has also tentatively granted Kenya Airways a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP), which is again subject to clearance from several US security, aviation and border agencies.
The FACP is the more permanent licence, with a duration-tied bilateral aviation agreement between the US and an applicant’s homeland or a minimum of five years if such a pact does not exist.
The processing time for the permit request usually takes a long time, and as such airlines simultaneously apply for the two-year exemption authority allowing them to commence operations as the FACP is finalized. Kenya Airways submitted its application for direct flights to the US in late April 2017, targeting June 2018 for the inaugural inaugural flight.
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