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Viewing cable 07NAIROBI3968, Delta Announces New York-Nairobi Service Starting June

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07NAIROBI3968 2007-10-04 14:42 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Nairobi
VZCZCXYZ0001
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHNR #3968 2771442
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 041442Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2745
RUEHDK/AMEMBASSY DAKAR 1290
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 4249
RUEAHLC/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
RULSDMK/DOT WASHDC
RHMCSUU/FAA WASHDC
RUEAYOK/FAA AERONAUTICAL CENTER OKLAHOMA CITY OK
RUEHMT/AMCONSUL MONTREAL 0110
UNCLAS NAIROBI 003968 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/E, AF/RSA, AF/EPS, EB/TPP/BTA, AND EB/TRA/AN DEPT ALSO 
PASS TO DOT FOR CONNIE HUNTER AND FAA FOR KEITH GLATZ 
DEPT ALSO PASS TO USTR FOR BILL JACKSON 
DEPT ALSO PASS TO USITC 
DAKAR FOR FAA REP MO KEANE 
DHS FOR TSA ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN 
MONTREAL FOR ICAO OFFICER FAUX-GABLE 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EAIR AGOA ECON ETRD PTER KE
SUBJECT: Delta Announces New York-Nairobi Service Starting June 
2008 
 
REF: STATE 135337 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.  FOR USG USE ONLY. 
 
1. (U) This is an action request.  See para 6. 
 
2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. carrier Delta Airlines has announced plans 
for Nairobi-New York service via Dakar starting in June 2008.  Since 
Kenya is an FAA Category 2 country, Nairobi passengers, luggage and 
cargo must be offloaded, checked, and re-loaded in Dakar.  The 
Government of Kenya has separately requested bilateral aviation 
service negotiations in November.  Delta's proposed service would 
boost trade and tourism in Kenya with the U.S., but could reduce 
Kenya's incentive to implement the overdue reforms needed to achieve 
Category 1.  End summary. 
 
3. (U) On September 26, Delta Airlines announced plans to start New 
York-Nairobi service via Dakar, Senegal effective June 2, 2008. 
Delta will apply to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 
Kenya, and Senegal for economic authority to fly the route.  The 
Kenya Airport Authority welcomed Delta's announcement as a vote of 
confidence in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).  Delta 
Airlines will fly four times weekly to and from JKIA and JFK 
airports using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.  Flights leaving Nairobi 
will stop in Dakar for 90 minutes before departing for New York. 
Delta's special introductory one-way fare to Nairobi of $859 is 
about the same level as flights via Europe, so it is not clear 
whether competition from Delta will reduce fares. 
 
4. (U) Although neither Kenya nor Senegal has achieved FAA Category 
1 status, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has 
inspected and approved Dakar Airport.  Delta can fly from Dakar to 
New York, but incoming Nairobi passengers, luggage and cargo must be 
offloaded, checked, and re-loaded in Dakar.  TSA assessed security 
at Dakar airport and Delta airlines in June 2007, and TSA will 
assess them regularly assessed starting in June 2008. 
 
5. (SBU) The Government of Kenya (GOK) also requested bilateral air 
services negotiations to take place in November.  Senior GOK 
aviation officials told FAA officials on the margins of the recent 
ICAO Assembly that pressure from Kenya Airways spurred the GOK to 
ask for air services negotiations and pursue Category 1 status more 
effectively.  Embassy is in the process of delivering reftel 
demarche requesting that the GOK consider negotiating an Open Skies 
Agreement.  Separately, DOT Safe Skies for Africa Program 
Coordinator sent Transportation Ministry Permanent Secretary Ikiara 
and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority DG Kuto a letter laying out the 
process required for achieving Category 1, specifying the steps 
Kenya needs to take, and urging the GOK to take advantage of the 
assistance we continue to offer under the Safe Skies program. 
 
6. (SBU) Action request: Post requests DOT provide information on 
the process for considering Delta's application and the likely 
duration of the process.  Post also requests DOT's and TSA's opinion 
whether Delta's proposed 90 minutes in Dakar will be sufficient for 
offloading and checking Nairobi passengers, luggage and freight, and 
reloading. 
 
7. (SBU) Comment: The Delta announcement and the GOK's request for 
aviation talks are both welcome steps that offer the prospect of 
boosting trade and tourism between Kenya and the U.S.  However, 
Kenya's aviation agencies have made little visible progress towards 
Category 1.  Open Skies talks after the December 2007 general 
election may help focus the GOK's attention on addressing Category 1 
issues.  However, we hope the proposed Delta service does not reduce 
Kenya's incentive to implement the necessary reforms by offering a 
shortcut to direct U.S.-Kenya service. 
 
RANNEBERGER