[scienceteacher]

We're so doomed - these are our leaders taking us down this path - unbelievable. Pity the children! link

[lotrfan55345]

Well, it's not a bad thing. Nairobi is already an air transport hub anyways.

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('scienceteacher', 'W')e're so doomed - these are our leaders taking us down this path - unbelievable. Pity the children!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6466595.stm

[lawnchair]

I'm not getting what your issue is here. There are numerous of flights a day to Nairobi from Europe. Add another single flight a day between Sydney and Singapore (same distance as LHR-Kenya) and you wouldn't bat an eye. I mean it'd be nice if passengers could then get on a fast train to Kampali or Dar es Salaam, but then again, it'd be nice if passengers could get on a fast train from London to Manchester or Glasgow. Are African passengers less deserving of flights than the millions of unnecessary fliers already?

[perdition79]

We're all spoiled and take air travel for granted. We all think of an airplane as being a Greyhound bus in the sky, especially those of us who have flown Southwest. This Nairobi flight will be European businessmen headed down there to make some investments in an emerging market. I highly doubt anyone on that flight is doing it for a vacation in beautiful Kenya.