Astral Aviation: scheduled flight to Tel Aviv
Astral Aviation (Astral) inaugurated its maiden flight from Nairobi to Tel Aviv on 5 June on its Boeing 757 freighter, which will operate on the new scheduled route.
The colourful inauguration ceremony held at Astral’s Hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport was attended by Mithika Linturi, cabinet secretary of Kenya’s ministry of agriculture, and Michael Lotem, the Israel’s ambassador to Kenya, along with dignitaries and clients from the private sector.
At the ceremony, Astral Aviation CEO Sanjeev Gadhia announced that the direct flight from Nairobi to Tel Aviv will reduce the transit time from 24 hours to five hours for Kenyan perishables, which have hitherto been routed via other hubs such as Istanbul, Addis Ababa, and Dubai. (cj)