RwandAir confident demand for air travel will gradually pick up

The New Times
Journalists on a guided tour of the Kigali International Airport on Friday swarm around a temperature-taking robot, ‘Urumuri’, which has been deployed at the airport ahead of resumption of passenger flights on August 1. Officials at the national carrier, RwandAir, say they are confident demand for air travel will gradually pick up as more and more countries lift travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
Journalists on a guided tour of the Kigali International Airport on Friday swarm around a temperature-taking robot, ‘Urumuri’, which has been deployed at the airport ahead of resumption of passenger flights on August 1. Officials at the national carrier, RwandAir, say they are confident demand for air travel will gradually pick up as more and more countries lift travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
A temperature-screening robot, dubbed ‘Urumuri’, has been deployed to Kigali International Airport ahead of resumption of passenger flights on August 1. Officials at the national carrier, RwandAir, say they are confident demand for air travel will gradually pick up as more and more countries lift travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
A temperature-screening robot, dubbed ‘Urumuri’, has been deployed to Kigali International Airport ahead of resumption of passenger flights on August 1. Officials at the national carrier, RwandAir, say they are confident demand for air travel will gradually pick up as more and more countries lift travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
A screen on which passangers can easily find themselves their temperature after being screened by cameras
A screen on which passangers can easily find themselves their temperature after being screened by cameras
Inside the airport compounds this  message that asks passangers to be safe is in all corners of the airport
Inside the airport compounds this message that asks passangers to be safe is in all corners of the airport
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Self-check in kiosks that allows passengers to check-in themselves without physically meeting ticketing agents.
Julius Bizimungu