KENYA AIRWAYS SUSPENDS DOUALA FLIGHTS DUE TO AIRPORT CLOSURE
(Posted 17th February 2016)
Kenya Airways will from the 01st to the 21st of March inclusive halt their flights to Douala, where the airport will be closed during these three weeks following a NOTAM issued by Cameroon’s aviation authorities.
Kenya Airways currently flies six times a week to Douala, and four of these flights continue to the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé. During the Douala airport closure will the flights to Yaoundé continue directly however from Nairobi. The remaining two flights, which normally stopover in Bangui, will during the three week period terminate in the capital of the Central African Republic and return directly to Kenya.
Normal flight services as per the schedules published will resume from the 22nd of March onwards, or once the NOTAM has been lifted.
It could not be ascertained what the nature of the repairs at Douala is but ordinarily, when an airport is completely closed, major runway repairs and re-sealing is carried out.
Travelers booked to Douala during the first three weeks in March will be rebooked without added cost and should expect notification from Kenya Airways in due course.
