As Malawi grapples with the effects of foreign exchange shortages in the country, two of the dominant airlines in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways have stopped issuing flight tickets locally. The country is dealing with a huge forex crisis that is now spreading to airline operations.
Kenya Airways issued the following statement in the wake of its decision:
“Following increasing foreign currency repatriation difficulties experienced in Malawi in the recent past, Kenya Airways regret to inform our Trade Partners that Kenya Airways has suspended ticket issuance authority in the Malawi market.
“Subsequently, with immediate effect the ticketing authority for all agents (including KQ CTOs and ATOs) in Malawi shall be withdrawn until further notice,” reads part of the statement.
The airline has since advised affected travellers to buy tickets online where they will be required to make payments using either credit or debit card.”
