Another week, another feel-good logistics story. Kenya’s premier airport is now a world-class facility. The attainment of Category One Status by Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) last week allows airlines to start acquiring non-stop flying licences between Kenya and US.
Imagine boarding an aircraft the size of an Airbus A380 at New York’s JFK International Airport, falling asleep in the skies just above western fringes of the Atlantic Ocean, and the first time the crew asks you to prepare for landing, the dim lights of Nairobi are visible beneath.
