NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 18 -The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has sent an advisory alerting travelers to expect longer processing times and passenger queues during peak hours of 8-11 pm at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport’s departure Terminal 1A.
This situation, KAA said has been compounded with the unavailability of JKIA’s Terminals 1B and 1C which are at advanced stages of refurbishment has compounded the situation.
It was also necessitated with intensified health screening procedures instituted to combat the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with significant traffic growth.
“We kindly request passengers to arrive at the airport at least 3 hours before their scheduled departure times and to take into consideration the extended travel times to the airport due to the ongoing construction of the JKIA- Nairobi Express Way,” KAA said in a statement.
In order to address this challenge, KAA said it had set up a multi-agency facilitation team comprising among others, KAA, airlines, Port health, Airport Police, and Immigration personnel to respond to issues of passenger facilitation, passenger processing, and queue management.
Passengers with special needs such as those with reduced mobility or traveling with young children will continue to be accorded priority in terms of facilitation.
“In addition, a number of international flights have been relocated from Terminal 1A to Terminal 2 while the deployment levels for Port Health and airline staff involved in document checks has been scaled up,” read KAA’s statement.
“We further advise passengers to ensure strict compliance with all travel requirements of their destination countries prior to arrival at the airport.”
