Kenyan president looks to reassure tourists after airport fire
President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a statement in a bid to reassure the thousands of passengers whose journeys have been impacted by a fire at Nairobi Airport today.
He said he shares concerns and regrets the inconvenience, which has led to serious disruption flights.
"Contingency measures have been put in place to stabilise the situation and to return the airport to normal operations," he said.
"We are concerned that the incident interrupted travellers schedules and appreciate that they are being routed to their destinations as soon as is possible."
He said an investigation has begun into the cause of the fire, which has now been contained.
"There is no reason to speculate at this point," he said. "There was no loss of life."
He said he wanted to reassure the "entire aviation industry, investors, local and international travellers" that everything is being done to resume normal operations.
"We expect cargo and domestic services to resume from this airport this afternoon. They will operate from the Cargo terminal," he said.
"A time-frame for the resumption of international flights will be relayed later. However, the Kenya Civil Aviation has granted clearance for the use of Unit 3 for international departures and arrivals."
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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