Kenya Airways (KQ) has renamed a flight carrying the late Raila Odinga to RAO001 as it entered Kenyan airspace from Ethiopia, a special designation in his honor. The aircraft, formerly KQ203, was transporting his body from Mumbai, India, and is expected to land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) around 9:30 am.

• The flight was renamed from KQ203 to RAO001 as it reached Kenyan airspace at approximately 8:50 am.
• Kenya Airways (KQ) announced the renaming on X, stating it was "to honour and respect our departed leader."
• This marks the first instance a Kenyan politician or public figure has had a commercial flight specially code-named by the national carrier.