Kenya and Angola sign air services agreement

The Kenyan Government has signed a Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) that will open the way for Angolan airline TAAG to start direct flights between Luanda and Nairobi. The agreement signed last week is an upgrade on an earlier one signed between the two governments in 2011, which Kenya Airways relied on to launch its flights to Angola. Kenya Airways currently operates three direct flights on the Nairobi-Luanda route. The BASA signed by the two countries provides for single designation, and three weekly flights.