Europes largest leisure tour operator, TUI Group, has renewed efforts to secure a charter flight licence into Moi International Airport in Mombasa.
Although TUI Fly, an airline under the TUI Group, was granted a licence for scheduled flights and resumed operations to Mombasa in late 2024, the latest application centred on a direct Amsterdam-Zanzibar-Mombasa-Amsterdam route by TUI Airlines Netherlands. It was denied by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.
TUI said the refusal is inconsistent with Kenyas bilateral air services agreement with the Netherlands and stated it has forced the group to suspend planned investments on the coast, including new projects that would have supported jobs and contributed to the governments Vision 2030 agenda.