The World Bank said on Thursday it had approved a $203.5 million loan to Kenya to fund its transport sector, part of which will help finance reconstruction at the country's main airport, a major regional air hub that was damaged by fire last year. In August, a fire destroyed sections of Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, forcing the suspension of international passenger flights and blocking a vital thoroughfare for travel to and from east Africa. According to Reuters, airlines resumed normal flights within days of the blaze, but the extensive fire damage forced the government to set up a temporary passenger terminal and to promise that it would accelerate construction on a new terminal.