KAA BOSS TO START WORK IN NOVEMBER

The newly appointed Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) managing director,Johnny Andersen is scheduled to start work next month,after he was appointed by Transport secretary James Macharia. State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu said Sunday that Mr Andersen would take up the position in mid-November, dispelling any uncertainties about the July 16th appointment. “Mr Andersen had asked for a six-month period to wind down his other engagements, but in the end an amicable agreement was reached. A timing that both the board and the ministry responsible are happy with,” Mr Esipisu said during a Press briefing at State House, Nairobi.Esipisu also said that the government had already issued the Norwegian with a work permit.

Anderson, a career aviation executive, joins the authority from Avinor AS, a state-owned firm that managed airports in Norway. At Avinor, he the Director of national Aiports, responsible for seven state-owned airport buses. His 21 years' experience includes managing airports in Norway, Denmark and Latvia. "Andersen previously served at Vice President and senior Vice President for Ground Operations at AirBaltic in Latvia," Karangi said. He said Andersen was also the director ground handling sales at Wideroes Flyveselskap AS in Norway. Andersen holds a Masters of Science Degree in Air Transport Management from Cranfield University in UK and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Logistics from BI Norwegian School of Management in Norway. "He has also studied Chinese Business, Trade and Commerce at Fundan University in China as well as Aviation Law at CAE Inc in the Netherlands," the KAA boss said. Andersen is a fellow FRAeS at the Royal Aeronautical Society in the UK and an accredited instructor at IATA.