DAR ES
SALAAM, Tanzania
Tanzania has banned three more Kenyan airlines from its airspace, amid a growing indifference between the two countries over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday, the Tanzania Civil
Aviation Authority (TCAA) nullified the approval granted to Fly 540 (pictured),
Air Kenya Express and Safarilink Aviation.
“Reference is made to the
approval for your summer schedule application extended to Air Kenya Express.
The approval was granted to Air Kenya for schedule flight operations between
Nairobi and Kilimanjaro with effect from March 27 to October 25. However, we
regret to inform you that this approval is hereby nullified,” TCAA
Director-General Hamza Johari said in a letter to Air Kenya’s operations
manager.
The three airlines operate
daily flights to and from Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar.
In an interview with
Tanzania’s publication The Citizen, Johari said that the decision
was based on the “ongoing dispute between the two countries”.
He further pointed out that
the ban would not be lifted unless travellers from Tanzania are accorded the
same treatment as those on the list of who is allowed into the Kenyan airspace.
“Some countries are allowed to
enter Kenya without the same conditions despite having very high rates of
Covid-19 infections,” he said.
Early August, TCAA had said it
would not allow any Kenya Airways (KQ) flights between
Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar effective August 1.
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