Chinese Contractors Almost Finished Upgrading Nairobi’s International Airport Terminals

The first photos of the newly-built international terminals 1B and C at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Images via the Kenya Airports Authority.

Kenyans got their first look at the newly-upgraded international terminals at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, which will soon reopen to the public. The $8 million facelift of terminals 1B and C took less than a year to complete. 

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