London air fares jump five times on Kenya travel ban

A Kenya Airways aircraft at JKIA. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

Air ticket prices to the UK have risen fivefold as British expatriates and tourists scramble to exit Kenya ahead of the suspension of passenger flights between the two countries starting this Friday.

The mad rush for plane seats comes days after the Kenyan government banned all flights from the UK, effective April 9 to retaliate a move by London to add the country on its travel ‘red list’.

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