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Korean Air suspends flights to Kenya over Ebola risk

Thursday, August 14, 2014 — updated on December 14, 2020 - 1 min read

A Korean Air charter plane at JKIA in Nairobi. The carrier has announced that it will be suspending flights to and from Kenya over the Ebola virus risk. PHOTO | NATION | WILLIAM OERI

Korean Air Lines Co Ltd said on Thursday it will suspend flights to and from Nairobi from August 20, 2014 to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

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Korean Air said it had been operating three return flights from Incheon, South Korea, to the capital of Kenya a week.

The company said it would determine whether to resume the flights based on a change in conditions. It did not elaborate.

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