Kenya Airways Resumes Flights to Kinshasa, DR Congo

Kenya Airways will resume scheduled passenger operations in Kinshasa, DR Congo on 8 May 2024. This follows the unconditional release, by the military authorities in Kinshasa, of two of the airline’s employees who had been detained since 19 April 2024.

The airline made the announcement in an official press release issued on 6 May 2024 and signed by its Group Managing Director & CEO, Allan Kilavuka.

"With the necessary ground support in place, we are pleased to announce that Kenya Airways will resume flights to Kinshasa on 8 May 2024. We look forward to serving our valued customers once again."

"We wish to thank all those who worked tirelessly for the release of our innocent colleagues. Special thanks to KQ colleagues who have been on the ground in Kinshasa and those in Nairobi working to secure their release."

It will be recalled that on Friday, 19 April 2024, two of Kenya Airways employees at its Airport office in Kinshasa were arrested and detained by the Military Intelligence Unit known as Detection Militaire des Activities Anti Patrie (DEMIAP).

The reason for their arrest was alleged to be missing custom documentation on valuable cargo that was to be transported on a Kenya Airways flight on April 12th, 2024.

However, promising to continue cooperating with the investigating agencies and the relevant Government entities in both DRC and Kenya, Kenya Airways maintained that its employees are innocent.

"We want to reiterate that our employees are innocent and were only carrying out their duties in strict adherence to the laid-out procedures. We stand by their innocence and will continue to support them." Kenya Airways said.

Customers are advised to contact the airline's customer excellence team at +254 711 024 747, WhatsApp at +254 705 474 747, or email customer.relations@kenya-airways.com.