PHOTOS: Kenyatta Launches Kenya Airways Dream liner Boeing 787

On Saturday, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta launched the first Kenya Airways Dream liner Boeing 787 ‘the Great Rift Valley’.

President Kenyatta (L) with Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in the new Boeing.

The plane is the first of six 787s which Kenya Airways has ordered as part of its modernization programme and it will form the backbone of the airline’s future long-haul fleet, providing greater range, improved efficient and outstanding passenger comfort.

The plane is the first of six 787s which Kenya Airways has ordered as part of its mordernisation programme.

President Kenyatta said: “I have no doubt this will result in the growth of trade, tourism and other forms of interaction with the rest of the world.”