Having been on the road much of the day I now hasten to compile a list of updates received throughout Thursday from Kenya Airways, Fly 540 and other airlines about their flight status. For up to date information about any specific flight please contact the airlines, most of which can be reached by email, their FB pages and even Twitter, should the phone lines not go through immediately due to the volume of calls they currently have to handle.
Please find below further information received from the Cabinet Secretary, Transport and Infrastructure on Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and its operations, including the safety and security measures in place:
1. JKIA is partially open and has been in operations since 4.30pm yesterday
2. Domestic flights to various airports within Kenya are operating out of the Kenya Airways (KQ) ACHL cargo terminal
3. Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and other stakeholders have worked overnight to convert the domestic departures Unit 3 into a temporary international arrivals and departures terminal. Various international flights have now arrived and departed from Unit 3
4. Our national carrier, KQ, is currently operating at 35% capacity with two flights last night to Mombasa from Nairobi and Paris and three incoming flights this morning from Bangkok direct to JKIA and from London and Amsterdam via Mombasa International Airport
5. We can also confirm that five KQ flights to Juba, Johannesburg, Accra, Antanarivo and Precision to Zanzibar departed early this morning
6. We expect more KQ flights to Amsterdam, Kinshasa, Entebbe, Dar es Salaam, Kigali-Bujumbura, Bombay, London, Dubai, Johannesburg, Paris and Bangkok to go out later today. KQ domestic flights to Kisumu, Eldoret and Mombasa are also scheduled
7. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has confirmed that other international airlines can operate into JKIA under advise from midnight today
8. KAA safety marshals will continue to carry out safety briefings for airport workers to ensure international safety and security standards are maintained
We want to reassure international and local passengers that while they may experience some level of discomfort and delays during travel, the government of Kenya and KAA is working with all the airport stakeholders to ensure their safety and security, while restoring normal operations as soon as possible.
Some of the arrangements we are putting in place will be effected later today and include:
1. Unit 2 departures has been cleared for international departures and will be open for KQ international departures later today
2. This will allow other international airlines to use Unit 3 for arrivals and departures
3. The authority’s ICT team is working with various technology partners to restore the crucial connectivity and passenger system at the temporary passenger processing units.
9th Update: Kenya Airways Releases Schedule of flights for Thursday 8th August 2013
Kenya Airways would like to announce to its customers and the general public the schedule of flights for today, Thursday, August 8, 2013.
The Domestic flights are operating from the Cargo terminal while international flights are operating from Unit 3, due to the shortage of airport facilities after the fire breakage at the Airport.
There is a help Desk located outside unit three for all our passengers who may require any assistance.
All efforts have been made to ensure a seamless processing of all our passengers. Only passengers with confirmed tickets will be accommodated on the flights due to the limited facilities.
The Schedule for today is as follows:
Flight
Date
Origin
Destination
Dept
Arrival
KQ
1605
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
07:00
08:00
KQ
554
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Kinshasa
09:00
10:30
KQ
555
08/Aug/2013
Kinshasa
Nairobi
11:35
17:05
KQ
1102
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
08:30
09:30
KQ
1102
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
London
10:45
17:40
KQ
101
08/Aug/2013
London
Nairobi
20:00
06:30
KQ
102
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
London
23:59
05:45
KQ
116
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
07:30
08:30
KQ
116
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Amsterdam
09:45
17:25
KQ
117
08/Aug/2013
Amsterdam
Nairobi
21:00
06:25
KQ
1756
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Moroni
07:00
09:00
KQ
1756
08/Aug/2013
Moroni
Antananarivo
10:00
11:50
KQ
1756
08/Aug/2013
Antananarivo
Moroni
12:50
16:10
KQ
762
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Johannesburg
08:30
11:45
KQ
763
08/Aug/2013
JNB
Nairobi
12:45
17:55
KQ
625
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
05:30
06:30
KQ
621
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
06:45
07:45
KQ
1623
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
12:00
13:00
KQ
602
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Mombasa
08:30
09:30
KQ
603
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
10:10
11:10
KQ
604
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Mombasa
09:30
10:30
KQ
605
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
11:10
12:10
KQ
606
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Mombasa
12:00
13:00
KQ
607
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
13:40
14:40
KQ
608
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Mombasa
15:30
16:30
KQ
609
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
17:10
18:10
KQ
610
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Mombasa
16:30
17:30
KQ
611
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
18:10
19:10
KQ
612
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Mombasa
17:30
18:30
KQ
613
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
19:10
20:10
KQ
614
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Mombasa
19:00
20:00
KQ
615
08/Aug/2013
Mombasa
Nairobi
20:40
21:40
KQ
350
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Juba
07:30
09:15
KQ
351
08/Aug/2013
Juba
Nairobi
10:05
11:50
KQ
112
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Paris
22:45
06:20
KQ
202
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Bombay
18:05
02:40
KQ
310
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Dubai
19:20
01:35
KQ
410
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Entebbe
12:45
14:00
KQ
411
08/Aug/2013
Entebbe
Nairobi
14:50
16:00
KQ
412
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Entebbe
16:30
17:45
KQ
413
08/Aug/2013
Entebbe
Nairobi
18:35
19:45
KQ
419
08/Aug/2013
Entebbe
Nairobi
09:00
10:10
KQ
442
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Kigali
13:00
13:40
KQ
442
08/Aug/2013
Kigali
Bujumbura
14:35
15:15
KQ
442
08/Aug/2013
Bujumbura
Nairobi
16:05
18:35
KQ
480
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Daresalaam
12:30
13:55
KQ
481
08/Aug/2013
Daresalaam
Nairobi
14:45
16:05
KQ
482
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Daresalaam
17:00
18:25
KQ
483
08/Aug/2013
Daresalaam
Nairobi
19:15
20:35
KQ
510
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Accra
08:00
10:40
KQ
510
08/Aug/2013
Accra
Freetown
11:40
14:10
KQ
511
08/Aug/2013
Freetown
Accra
17:20
19:50
KQ
511
08/Aug/2013
Accra
Nairobi
20:50
05:35
KQ
656
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Kisumu
14:30
15:20
KQ
657
08/Aug/2013
Kisumu
Nairobi
16:05
16:55
KQ
660
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Eldoret
13:00
13:50
KQ
661
08/Aug/2013
Eldoret
Nairobi
14:35
15:25
KQ
650
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Kisumu
09:00
09:50
KQ
651
08/Aug/2013
Kisumu
Nairobi
10:00
10:50
KQ
671
08/Aug/2013
Kisumu
Nairobi
08:35
09:25
KQ
764
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Johannesburg
20:40
23:55
KQ
886
08/Aug/2013
Nairobi
Bangkok
23:35
13:15
Our prime focus is to ensure we get all our Guests to their final destinations safely, as we continue to provide operational recovery.
For more information please call our Contact Centre on +254711024747/+254734104747/0706-999 999
Dr Titus Naikuni Group Managing Director and CEO Kenya Airways
August 8, 2013
Time: 1130hours
Fly540 Kenya has resumed all flights, following the disruption caused by the fire at the arrivals terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Kind regards,
Nick Corrin
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