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KQ searches for new partner to set up regional airline after S Africa bolts out

Kenya Airways planes at Jomo Kenyatta Airport (JKIA), Nairobi [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

State-owned South African Airways (SAA) has pulled out of the partnership with Kenya Airways to launch a pan-African carrier that had been tipped as a game changer for continental air travel.

KQ on Friday said SAA was no longer interested in the venture but noted it would push on with the idea.

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