Nairobi, March 10 -- Kenya Airways will have to cope with slow revenue growth on the European Union route as the Dutch aviation regulator declined to allow the Kenyan carrier to fly daily to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

KQ, as the national carrier is known by its international code, is currently flying to Schiphol five times per week. It had applied in October last year to fly daily to the destination in a move that was aimed at growing its revenue.

But the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate of Netherlands declined the request as the country continues to extend the limits on outbound passengers from the airport.

In June last year, Amsterdam capped the number of passengers that the national carrier can carry from Schiphol to Na...