Mangalore: As the situation in Liberia is turning grim by the day, Indian expatriates who want to leave are stuck because many airlines have suspended flights to the Ebola-hit country.
Kenya Airways is the latest carrier to suspend its flights to the Liberian capital of Monrovia and Sierra Leone's capital Freetown due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The airline will stop flying its planes to Liberia from Tuesday.
At present, only Brussels Airlines is operating. British Airways, Emirates, pan-African airline ASKY and smaller regional carrier Arik Air have restricted flights in the region.
Adding to the woes of the local and expatriate population is the escalating cost of essential commodities. The price of one particular variety of parboiled rice popular in Liberia — imported from India and the US — has doubled.
18/08/14 Stanley Pinto/Times of India
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Kenya Airways is the latest carrier to suspend its flights to the Liberian capital of Monrovia and Sierra Leone's capital Freetown due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The airline will stop flying its planes to Liberia from Tuesday.
At present, only Brussels Airlines is operating. British Airways, Emirates, pan-African airline ASKY and smaller regional carrier Arik Air have restricted flights in the region.
Adding to the woes of the local and expatriate population is the escalating cost of essential commodities. The price of one particular variety of parboiled rice popular in Liberia — imported from India and the US — has doubled.
18/08/14 Stanley Pinto/Times of India
