News courtesy of Business Daily newspaper
Charter plane licences set to boost tourist arrivals
August 11, 2008
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has licensed three international charter plane services to operate in the country in a move expected to increase the number of tourists coming into the country.
Two charter airlines from the UK, Monarch and Thompson Fly, were granted licences for two years with effect from May 2008. Both will offer weekly flights linking Gatwick and Manchester in the UK with Mombasaw while Blue Panorama of Italy received a one year licence from July 2008.
The airline will fly between Italy and Mombasa once a week as well as Italy, Mombasa and Zanzibar twice a week. The three carriers are among the 15 charter airlines that stopped flights to the country following the post- election violence.