KENYA AIRWAYS AWAITS US AGENCY NOD FOR DREAMLINER TO FERRY CARGO

Kenya Airways is waiting for clearance from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after it completed the conversion of one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner into a cargo aircraft.

The completion, which was done a couple of weeks ago, now awaits a greenlight from the US regulator to see whether they will be allowed to fly the cargo on aircraft or not.

According to the airline, two officials from FAA are expected in the country to conduct the exercise while the rest will follow via video link in the US.

“We are done with conversion of the Dreamliner into cargo aircraft and we are waiting for assessment from the FAA,” said an official from KQ.

Kenya Airways had opened talks with its leasers for early return of a number of aircraft and convert some of the high capacity planes to freighters as the carrier seeks to cut on cost following adverse effects of Covid-19.

KQ had earlier opened negotiations with leasers to have it allowed to remove seats in some of the Dreamliner aircraft and convert them into freighters.

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