Kenya Airways halt rupee sales

Kenya Airways is no longer accepting Seychelles Rupees for tickets to Nairobi, having changed ticketing allocations to foreign exchange sales only.

The move was made on May 24, when the airline began insisting that tickets bought in Seychelles be paid for with either credit cards on foreign currency account, travellers cheques or foreign currency accompanied by a necessary bank receipt.

The policy, implemented on an open ended basis, has been put in place due to difficulties faced by the airline in repatriating locally earned currency.

In a minor concession to Seychellois travellers Kenya Airways is accepting 25 percent of payment for flights beyond Nairobi in rupees, with the other three quarters payable in hard currency.

Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Planning and Foreign Exchange Controller Ahmed Afif was unavailable for comment on the situation.

LINKS