Fly540 Direct Fights to Kisumu Delayed
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- January 3, 2022
Low-cost carrier Fly540 has pushed back plans to restart direct flights to Kisumu from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, extending Jambojet’s dominance on the route.
The airline said in October said that it would restart Nairobi-Kisumu flights on December 1, 2021, in a move that was expected to increase competition on the route served by carriers such as Safarilink, Jambojet and Kenya Airways. But now, this will not happen, with the CEO, saying rising cases of Covid-19 in Kenya has made it impossible for the airline to resume operations on the route.
“We have pushed forward plans to restart Nairobi- Kisumu flights due to Covid situation in the country,” said Mr Smith.
He did not, however, disclose or provide more details as to how rising cases of Covid-19 cases has stopped the airline from restarting operations on the route. The airline had announced initially that it would fly once every day when it resumes Nairobi-Kisumu flights down from the two daily flights it operated before the coronavirus outbreak that forced it to ground its operations on the route in 2020.
Passengers travelling to Kisumu from Nairobi were expected to pay an introductory fare of KShs 3,450 for a one-way ticket, depending on the date of travel.
The airline stopped passenger operations on the route last March due to Covid-19 travel restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of the disease.
Most passengers using the Nairobi-Kisumu route are either on a business trip, attending conferences, on tourism trips or visiting their rural homes.
Besides restarting flights on the lucrative Nairobi-Kisumu route, the airline had a few months ago announced plans to start flights to Ukunda from its hub in Nairobi.
The other airlines that operate on the Kisumu route are, Jambojet, Kenya Airways, 748 Air Services, Renegade Air and Safarilink.
