Boarding of aircraft will be done strictly based on zones and not priority, with passengers on the waiting bays expected to wear their face masks and adhere to the social distancing rule within the sitting lobbies.
At the boarding zones, the seats will be arranged to maintain social distance, with sanitisers available for guests.
Boarding gates will be cleaned and disinfected at intervals in line with public health measures issued by the Health ministry.
You will have to arrive two hours early for your local flight wearing a mask and ready for a slow check-in process in order to fly in the new Covid-19 era as airlines make plans to stay in the skies in the face of the pandemic.
These are parts of the plans Kenya Airways will be implementing in a raft of proposals seen by the Nation.
This comes even as the Transport ministry meets with aviation players within the next week to formulate a procedure for the reopening of domestic routes as instructed on Saturday by President Kenyatta.
“In the meantime, the Ministry of Transport is directed within seven days, to engage all key stakeholders and develop protocols to guide resumption of local air travel,” he said.
Late last month Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka said once the ban on flights is lifted, the airline would undertake a gradual return to skies module, starting with local routes before venturing out to the international routes.
“The return will be tiered and progressive in response to observed demand, keeping to those routes that would build traffic for us fast,” he said.
For aviation players and airlines, the return to the skies on the domestic routes will most likely include a Covid-19 free certificate given that the two major airports—the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the Mombasa International Airport—sit in regions currently under cessation of movement regulations.
Both Nairobi and Mombasa remain as the country’s Covid-19 hotspots with the former leading with over 1,275 cases, while Mombasa has 873 cases as at yesterday evening.Last month, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said that the Covid-19 free certificate will be the new normal including travellers arriving into the country from abroad, but “this may be extended to many others as the country looks to reopen businesses.”The post Covid-19 protocols by Kenya Airways touch on seven key areas including terminals, check-ins, immigration and security, boarding zones, in-flight, transfers and arrivals.Now, passengers on both international and domestic flights will […]