<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Kenneth Kaunda International Airport</h2>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">In April 1988, Zambia Airways inaugurated a route to New York via Monrovia using McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. It later moved the stopover to Banjul. Financial constraints forced the company to suspend the flight in March 1991.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">In May 2012, KLM began operating a flight three times a week between Amsterdam and Lusaka using an Airbus A330-200. The flight was restructured later that year to also serve Harare. In October 2014, KLM stopped operating the flight in favour of offering codeshare flights operated by Kenya Airways from Nairobi.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">In 2015, the government of Zambia began a three-year, US$360 million expansion and improvement of the airport, with funds borrowed from the Exim Bank of China. The work, contracted to China Jiangxi International, involves construction of a new "two-story terminal building, 22 check-in counters, 12 border channels and six security check counters; a presidential terminal, a new air traffic control building and tower and a new hotel". The new terminal was expected to open in 2019.Construction was substantially complete by late January 2020.The new terminal was officially opened 5 August 2021. All international flights use the new terminal, called Terminal Two, while domestic flights use the original terminal, Terminal One</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">Kenneth Kaunda International Airport is situated in the capital city Lusaka, 27 kilometres from the main business district. Due to its central location, the Airport is ideal for setting up as a hub airport in the SADC region. With a friendly people and a stable social economic climate, Lusaka is also an ideal investment, tourism, conferencing and trade destination.</p>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">Opened in 1967, the airport provides services for Domestic, Regional and International flights in accordance with the standards and recommended practices (SARPS), developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The Airport has a 3.9km runway with a width of 45m and an orientation 10/28 , one parallel taxiway and a number of taxiway links. The runway can land up to a maximum of a B747. Construction of the Kenneth Kaunda international Airport KKIA has since commenced at a cost of $360 million.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground Transportation Kenneth Kaunda International Airport</h2>
<p class="fs-6 lh-lg wow fadeInUp">Taxis are the most common form of transport to and from the city, as it is a 15 to 20-minute ride to the city centre. There are also 2 car rental companies at the airport, Avis and Europcar, but most hotels in Lusaka have shuttle services into the airport. A bus line also goes between the airport and the Chelston bus station, but the busses do not run on a regular schedule.</p>
<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" title="History Kenneth Kaunda International Airport" src="../../../main/img/airport/ken/1.webp" alt="History Kenneth Kaunda International Airport"></p>