No easy take-off for Kenya Airways, SAA airline project

Kenya Airways planes at JKIA in Nairobi.

Kenya Airways planes at JKIA in Nairobi. African aviation watchers are keeping a keen eye on Kenya Airways and South African Airways plans to launch a pan-African carrier. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

African aviation watchers are keeping a keen eye on Kenya Airways and South African Airways plans to launch a pan-African carrier, fearful that it could signal a return to the bilateralism that has kept Africa’s skies closed for decades.

Compounding the anxiety is the fact that the mooted tie-up has been thin on structural and anticipated operational detail.