KAA to auction unairworthy planes

Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is set to auction aircrafts it says are unairworthy and breaching safety and efficiency of air operations.

In a notice, KAA says the 73 aircrafts owned by various aviation firms will be sold between the 17th and 22nd of November at the JKIA, Wilson, Lokichogio and the Moi International Airport in Mombasa.

The owners of the aircafts, KAA says, had been notified to clear outsanding bills and reposition them but failed to do so.

Some of the aircrafts facing the auctioneers hammer includes Somali Airforce, Jetlink, Fly 540, Jubba Airways, Skyward, Astral Aviation, Silverstone among others.