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Trade, travel hit as Chinese airline suspends direct Nairobi flights
China Southern Airlines has cancelled all its four weekly direct flights only 10 days after Kenya Airways halted direct flights into Guangzhou, China. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Trade between China and Kenya has been dealt a further blow after the suspension of the only remaining direct flights between the Asian country and Nairobi amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, which had by Sunday infected 37,198 people in China alone.
China Southern Airlines has cancelled all its four weekly direct flights only 10 days after Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ halted direct flights into Guangzhou, China. This came against the backdrop of reports that 2,600 new cases had been reported by Sunday.