Kenya Airways Sees Demand Fall More Than Half Amid Pandemic

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A Kenya Airways aircraft on the tarmac at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.
Photographer: Patrick Meinhardt/Bloomberg

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By Eric Ombok and Ramah Nyang

August 28, 2020 at 7:43 AM UTC

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August 28, 2020 at 9:55 AM UTC

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Kenya Airways Plc expects demand for air travel for the rest of this year to be less than half the level in 2019 due to the ongoing effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.