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Kenya Airways aviation pilot, Captain Irene Koki Mutungi, refuted media reports that she would be the main pilot of the company's first non-stop flight to the United States. United States
. JKIA on October 28th and disembarks at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York the next day
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to be among the pbadengers to board the 15 hour flight.
The famous captain, the first An African pilot was certified as captain of the aircraft "Dreamliner" Boeing 787, took Thursday on Twitter to clarify the role she was playing.
"Thank you for all your kind words and your congratulatory messages.Kq has not yet chosen who would make the first flight of the United States, but that was a guess of the press after a media event which I have recently attended with the US Secretary of Commerce, but I hope to have the honor to do so.] Thanks for all your kind words and congratulatory messages .I am really overwhelmed, but KQ "We have not yet chosen who will make the first flight of the US It was a press presumption after a media event I recently attended with the US Secretary of Commerce." I hope I have the honor
– Irene Koki Mutungi (@ms_koki) July 5, 2018
KQ has dedicated two Dreamliner planes to daily flights on the New York Highway – a night flight of Nairobi and a Day 1 of New York
The flight will leave daily from JKIA at 23:25 arriving at JFK airport in New York at 06:25 the next day. From New York, he will leave at 12:25 to land at JKIA at 10:55 the following day. Its duration will be 15 hours eastward and 14 hours westward.
The two high capacity aircraft include one of the recalled B787-8 Dreamliner. Oman Air will arrive in September.
Ultra-long-haul flights require four pilots, 12 flight attendants and 85 tons of fuel in each direction.
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