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President Uhuru Kenyatta has met business and corporate leaders in New York City as national flyer Kenya Airways hosted a dinner ahead of its inaugural direct flight between the cities of Nairobi and New York next month.
The President, who is in New York for the 2018 Annual United Nations General Assembly, said the new milestone would open Kenya to many more investors and tourists, strengthening the bonds of partnership between the two countries.
Kenya hopes to double the number of American tourists visiting the country to ensure the US remains the largest market of visitors holidaying in the country.
He said the customs and border protection (CBP) advisory programme that the US Government is offering KQ will provide technical assistance to those handling the KQ operations.
“The programme will provide an on-site training and technical assistance on customs administration and border control for agencies that will handle Kenya Airways direct operations to the United States,” he said.
“I encourage Kenya Airways to scale up its services and become the airline of choice in a very competitive industry. My administration has given you a strong platform to excel,” he said. KQ will operate daily flights between Nairobi-New York both ways.
Some 7,000 travellers, spread across the year, have already booked direct flights ahead of the 28 October inaugural 15-hour trip.
Kenya Airways becomes the first airline to offer a non-stop flight between East Africa and the United States of America. The airline already serves Africa, Europe, Middle-East, Indian sub-continent and Asia.
He was accompanied by Cabinet secretaries Monica Juma and Peter Munya. KQ chief executive Sebastian Mikosz and chairman Michael Joseph attended the dinner too.
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