 "The expenses due to the Dubai corporation will surpass Sh 200 million, as President Ruto is scheduled to travel to Washington, DC Image Courtesy AP")
William Ruto is in the US as president. He took off from Kenya on Sunday night aboard a business aircraft, a Boeing 737-700. This aircraft is not owned by a Kenyan business or the government of Kenya. The Royal aircraft of Dubai is the operator of the Boeing 737-700 business aircraft.
This airline is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), namely in Abu Dhabi. Kenyan taxpayers would foot the tab for Ruto’s trip to and from the US, which comes to roughly Sh. 200 million. According to a breakdown of fees, the Boeing 737-700 business jet operated by Royal Jet of Dubai can be chartered for $18,000, or Sh. 2.4 million per hour.
The elite markets in Europe and the USA are the target audience for this plane’s services. A quote given to the Standard Media Group by the jet’s owner states that the one-way ticket from Nairobi to Atlanta, Georgia, the location of Ruto’s landing, costs $748,600 (Sh. 98 million).
The entire cost of a chartered Nairobi-Atlanta return flight is around Sh. 196 million, since the return leg costs the same. This quote refers to the eighteen-hour journey to and from Atlanta.
The expenses due to the Dubai corporation will surpass Sh 200 million, as President Ruto is scheduled to travel to Washington, DC.
The elite markets in Europe and the USA are the target audience for this plane’s services. A quote given to the Standard Media Group by the jet’s owner states that the one-way ticket from Nairobi to Atlanta, Georgia, the location of Ruto’s landing, costs $748,600 (Sh. 98 million).
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View AllThe entire cost of a chartered Nairobi-Atlanta return flight is around Sh. 196 million, since the return leg costs the same. This quote refers to the eighteen-hour journey to and from Atlanta.
The expenses due to the Dubai corporation will surpass Sh 200 million, as President Ruto is scheduled to travel to Washington, DC.
If the corporation charges for the flight it took from Abu Dhabi to Nairobi to take up Ruto and the return leg from Nairobi to Abu Dhabi, this number might go even higher. On Saturday, the Boeing 737-700 business jet departed Abu Dhabi at 8.03 a.m. (Kenyan time). On Saturday at 12:40 p.m., it touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
At 9.48 p.m. on Sunday, the aircraft with Ruto on board departed the JKIA. It touched down at 5.30 am local time (7.30 am Kenyan time) at Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The flight took eight hours and forty-two minutes on this segment. Following refueling, the aircraft departed Santiago de Compostela, Spain, for the approximately two-hour second leg of its journey to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.