wakagori wrote:...and we are still talking of Vision 2030. This is the region hub for most airlines and yet we can have blackouts that last a whole day. Seriously! And talking of which, isnt it time we built a new airport off the ground? Its possible...
I too worry about this whole vision2030 thingy...it's one thing to build something and another to maintain it.
I'm afraid that even a new airport might not do the trick for Kenya. Our way of doing things is engrained to our culture, it will take some time to weed it out.
Munich airport is fairly old(at-least one terminal is)and it handles over 30Million passengers per year without such challenges, imagine the costs to KQ should the number of travelers increase.
By the way, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport is routinely shut down everyday for one hour where all the critical systems are tested -to mitigate such risks and surprises as JKIA is experiencing.
Maybe be the backup system in JKIA had failed a long time ago but went unnoticed...