SAA Reviews Alliances

According to businessweek, South African Airways CEO Monwabisi Kalawe has said that the airline will explore closer ties with local operators, whilst also reviewing the benefits of its Star Alliance membership. Kalawe, who took up his position on 1 June, said he has received messages from Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways, indicating they’re keen to explore “win-win relationships.”
He also said that he has plans to talk with Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab in the coming months, to establish what SAA gains from its membership.
Kalawe said that there is a restructuring plan for state-owned SAA, which seeks to cut costs, refresh the fleet and focus on money-making routes, and this is due to go before South Africa’s cabinet.

Equatorial Guinea’s Punto Azul Launches

According to eturbonews, Equatorial Guinea’s newest airline Punto Azul has announced the commencement of its flight operations.
The port city of Bata will be the airline’s first domestic destination, with three daily frequencies, with the option of a fourth. Flights to Sao Tome and Principe will make up the airline’s first regional destination.
All Punto Azul flights will be operated by 48-seat Embraer Jet 145 aircraft, with a single cabin configuration. The airline has recently taken delivery of three of these jets and has an operator agreement with National Airways Corporation (NAC) of South Africa, while it works towards obtaining its own AOC.
The airline will fly twice a week from Malabo to Sao Tome and Principe. Though not formally announced yet, Punto Azul is expected to launch flights to Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon, among other key Central and West African destinations.

Air Uganda Adds New Flight

According to eturbonews, Air Uganda will start flying non-stop between Entebbe and Mogadishu, Somalia, initially three times a week from 8 July.
 This service will offer government officials, army personnel and a growing number of business people from Uganda the fastest way yet to reach Somalia.
 Air Uganda is also keenly eying Southern African destinations, and while official confirmation is still pending, Harare, and perhaps Lusaka have been mentioned as possible destinations.
A few weeks ago, Air Uganda received a third CRJ 200 aircraft to replace its last MD 87, which has been redeployed.

KQ to Increase Botswana Flights

According to gazettebw, Kenya Airways has taken the decision to increase the number of their flights from Nairobi to Gaborone by two, due to increased demand.
That’s because KQ has realised good growth on the route. “The introduction of the night flight to Gaborone comes as the airline aims to meet the rising demand for travel between the two cities,” said KQ Country Manager Juliet Zintambila.
The Kenya Airways network was recently expanded with three new destinations; Livingstone in Zambia, Blantyre in Malawi and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The new flight departs Gaborone at 00h50 and lands in Nairobi at 06h00.
 It will be serviced by the narrow body mid-range twin engine Embraer E190. Zintambila added that KQ has ambitions to fly directly to Maun and Francistown, and is currently assessing the feasibility.

Air Namibia Cancels Gaborone Route

According to southerntimesafrica, Air Namibia has suspended its flights to Gaborone in Botswana, due to low passenger volumes.
The Namibian national carrier introduced the route a year ago and initially operated three flights a week, before the flight schedule changed to include a fourth flight, when Air Namibia re-arranged its network.
Air Namibia General Manager Commercial Services Xavier Masule recently revealed that there is limited traffic on the route, and although they had frequent flyers, the levels were not sufficient.
 “We captured 86% market share, but this translates to a load factor of 35%, meaning that even if we had 100% market share, we would still have a load factor of less than 45%,” he said.
 According to Masule, for Air Namibia to break even at 50% load factor, they would need to increase fares by 106%. But, he also warned that fares are already too high to even consider increasing, given that passengers have the option of competitors via Johannesburg.
Air Namibia will, however, continue the Maun route, which they say is critical for the transportation of tourists from Botswana and Namibia.

Precision Air Increases Tanzanian Flights

According to wolfgangthome.com, Precision Air has announced that it will increase its daily flights from Dar es Salaam to Songwe Airport in Tanzania to ten frequencies a week, using ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft. Flights to Mbeya only commenced in January this year, initially four times a week, but were soon increased to daily as a result of rising demand. Precision Air is the preferred airline for Tanzanians flying beyond Dar, Kilimanjaro and Mwanza.

Qatar Suspends Seychelles Route

According to breakingnewstravel, Qatar Airways has announced that it will suspend its scheduled flights to and from the Seychelles, effective 1 September, for commercial reasons.
The last of the daily services operating between the airline’s Doha hub and Seychelles International Airport on Mahe Island, will be on 31 August.
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said the airline had informed the travel trade of the decision and that all efforts were being made to ensure travel agents, tour operators and individual travellers who had made bookings on the affected route, were re-located to other airlines or given a full refund.

Zeda Car Changes Name

Zeda Car Sales, a division of Avis Rent a Car Southern Africa, will start trading under the name Avis Car Sales, as part of the rental car company’s vision to create sustainability by having all their divisions under one umbrella.
 Avis has already begun rolling out the name change in Zeda Car Sales dealerships around the South African province of Gauteng, and will complete the process by mid-June. The changes will then be rolled out to KwaZulu-Natal and finally to the Eastern and Western Cape.
 David Porteous, Executive of Avis subsidiary Avis Car Sales, says the name change will not affect any Zeda offerings.
 "Customers can be assured that they will continue to receive a variety of well-maintained and fully guaranteed low mileage used cars,” he said. Avis Car Sales sells a variety of one-year-old used cars, such as the cost effective Polo Vivo to the luxury 740 BMW. All the cars are sold with the balance of factory warranty, full service and damage history, low mileage and easy finance and insurance options.

Travelport Unveils Egypt Investment

According to breakingnewstravel, Travelport has unveiled plans to invest further in Egypt. In a study co-sponsored by Travelport and conducted by market research company Pho-CusWright, the findings were that the travel industry in Egypt is set to start recovering in the near future, with the tourism sector predicted to grow from $5.1bn in 2012 to $5.9bn in 2014.
 As such, Travelport has emphasised its focus on Egypt as a strategic investment region, by unveiling a robust business strategy for the country, based on Travelport’s four pillars of investment: Unrivalled Content, Intelligent Search, Empowered Selling Experience and Open Platform.
 In the next 18 months Travelport will introduce a range of new products to Egypt’s travel trade, including the Document Producer Plus, a product that allows subscribers to produce numerous documents from a PNR, and Rapid Reprice, Travelport’s revenue management tool.
 Since the start of 2013, Travelport has also launched a number of other new solutions in Egypt, including Agentivity, Travelport’s business intelligence suite, and Travelport Merchandising Platform. Later this year, Travelport will also start offering a ‘floor walker’ service to new customers, to insure smooth migration to Travelport systems.
Travelport will also continue to invest in mobile and online technologies to complement existing products such as Travelport Mobile Agent, which enables Travelport-connected agents to gain access to Galileo desktop from their smartphone, and Travelport View Trip Mobile, the itinerary management tool.

Fly540 and Qatar Sign Service Agreement

According to breakingnewstravel, Fly540 Kenya is expanding its flight network with the signing of its first international interline agreement with Qatar Airways.
The agreement will begin with an inbound interline service for passengers arriving in Kenya. Under the terms of the agreement, Qatar Airways’ passengers will be able to connect with a Fly540 Kenya flight at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi and fly to destinations within Fly540 Kenya’s network, using one itinerary.
Passengers will have seamless, through-baggage and hassle-free onward connections to Eldoret, Kisumu, Lamu, Lodwar, Malindi and Mombasa, and also across the border into Juba and Zanzibar. Qatar Airways operates double daily flights between Doha and Nairobi.

Ethiopian Eyes DRC as Hub

According to Gulf Times, Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to add a hub in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in order to secure transfer traffic amid growing competition from Middle Eastern operators. Ethiopian CEO Tewolde GebreMariam said the DRC subsidiary would seek to attract travellers from across Central Africa, following on from their bases in Togo in the west and Malawi in the south.
The airline is building a system of African hubs to help win traffic beyond its headquarters in Addis Ababa, as economic growth and a mining boom spur passenger traffic across the continent.
 During the International Air Transport Association annual meeting, GebreMariam told the gathering of airline chiefs in South Africa that local carriers should be seeking a 50% share of the continent’s international traffic, compared with the 18% that they currently control.
Along with gulf operators such as Emirates and Etihad Airways, Ethiopian Airlines is seeing increased competition from Star Alliance partner Turkish Airlines, which serves a host of African cities, including DRC’s Kinshasa.

More BA Flights to Africa

British Airways is increasing its West African schedule, adding a fourth weekly flight to Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The announcement comes just nine months after the airline started operating on the routes and will add 33% more capacity between Freetown, Monrovia and London. The flight will arrive at London Heathrow Terminal 5 at 16h00 on a Friday evening, allowing same-day connections to Washington and saving the need for an overnight transit and visa.
 The new service starts on 31 October using Boeing 767 aircraft in a three-cabin configuration - World Traveller, World Traveller Plus and Club World. The flight is currently on sale. BA will increase its schedule to Marrakech from daily to 10 flights a week and a third weekly service to Agadir, also in October.
In East and Southern Africa, it has upped the Nairobi frequencies to eight a week. In South Africa earlier this year, BA confirmed three additional frequencies to Johannesburg on top of the existing double-daily schedule.

Free Shuttle to Birchwood

Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre in Boksburg, Johannesburg, has opened its Birchwood Airport Office opposite the shuttle pick-up point at O.R. Tambo International Airport.
 The office provides a safe waiting area for guests of the hotel and a complimentary shuttle service direct to its main reception. Birchwood offers 665 rooms and just over 50 conference rooms.
The free shuttle also runs to East Rand Mall shopping centre. On-site facilities include a gym, spa, The Local Grill steakhouse restaurant, and Tazza caffe and wine bar. Conference facilities can host from four to 1,500 guests for plenary sessions, board meetings, products launches, training sessions or exhibitions.

New Club Floor at D’oreale Grande

The 5-star D’oreale Grande hotel at Emperors Palace, a few minutes’ drive from O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, has launched its Club Floor and Business Centre Lounge.
 The fifth floor has been converted into accommodation ideally suited to the business traveller. It offers plush VIP rooms and a host of personal and concierge services, including early check-in and late check-out, 24-hour refreshments in rooms, selected complimentary food and beverage offerings, shoe polishing services, complimentary pressing/laundry and casino play vouchers on arrival.
Club Floor guests will be able to conduct business in the private Business Centre Lounge, whilst enjoying complimentary refreshments, work stations equipped with PCs and Apple products, a meeting room, free Wi-Fi, local and international newspapers and access to a Club Floor Services Manager willing to assist with secretarial services.

Virgin Suspends Flights to Accra

Virgin Atlantic has announced it will be suspending its operations between London Heathrow and Accra, Ghana, from 22 September.
 The last flight from Accra to London will depart on 23 September. Exceptionally high fuel costs in Ghana, a challenging wider economic environment and an inability to operate morning arrivals from Accra due to scarcity of slots at Heathrow, have all contributed to the decision to withdraw the service.
 “These are still challenging times for the airline industry and we have to deploy our aircraft to routes with the right level of demand to be financially viable,” says Edmond Rose, Director of Airline Planning for Virgin Atlantic. Passengers can continue to book for travel prior to those days throughout the coming months.

Johannesburg Popular Tourist Destination

According to the third annual MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, Johannesburg is expected to be the most popular destination in Africa, with a projected 2.54 million international visitors expected during 2013.
Despite a marginal 5.5% increase in international visitors from 2012, Johannesburg’s substantial 53.6% growth from 2009 to 2013 has propelled it into the Index’s top 20 fastest growing cities globally. Johannesburg also comes out tops in Africa in terms of international visitor spending, with $2.7 billion estimated to be injected into the city during 2013.
Thirteen African cities were ranked within 132 cities that were included in the Index – Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Cairo, Casablanca, Accra, Nairobi, Beira, Dakar, Kampala, Lagos, Maputo, and Tunis.

Brussels Airlines Joins ATA

According to traveldailynews, Star Alliance member Brussels Airlines has joined the Africa Travel Association as a corporate member.
 The airline currently offers flights to 19 African destinations and will add more weekly flights to several existing destinations, including Dakar, Senegal, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yaounde, Cameroon, Cotonou, Benin, Freetown, Sierra Leone and Conakry, Guinea during 2013.
Brussels Airlines will link its Africa network with the US Capital thanks to the new service to Washington launched this spring.

Qatar Enhances North African Capacity

According to breakingnewstravel, Qatar Airways has announced an increase in capacity between Qatar and North Africa with its flights to Tripoli, Libya, and Casablanca, Morocco going non-stop.
Scheduled services to the Libyan capital Tripoli will be de-linked from the Egyptian city of Alexandria, offering additional seats to both cities. On the same day Casablanca will have direct non-stop services from the airline’s Doha hub.
Currently the route is served via the Tunisian capital of Tunis. With the de-linking and re-introduction of non-stop flights, Qatar Airways is giving passengers travelling to the four North African cities more choice and flexibility when planning their travels.
 Passengers from the Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East can now take advantage of a seamless one-stop connection to Tripoli and Casablanca via Doha.

Proflight Zambia Flies International

According to eturbonews, Proflight Zambia celebrated its first international scheduled air service from Luskaka, Zambia, to Lilongwe, Malawi, earlier this week.
 Flights to the Malawian capital depart from Lusaka at 15h30 and arrive in Lilongwe at 17h10. The return flights leave Lilongwe on the same days at 17h55, arriving back in Lusaka at 19h35.
The timing is designed to provide smooth connections to and from the Emirates flights from Lusaka to Dubai, which arrive in Lusaka from Dubai at 14h25 and depart from Lusaka for Dubai at 21h25 daily.
 Return fares from Lusaka to Lilongwe start from around KR2,000 (approximately R3,000) and will initially operate with Proflight’s 29-seater Jetstream 41 aircraft.
Passengers can book online at www.flyzambia.com , through travel agents, or through the Proflight Reservations Department on +260 977 335563.

Protea Expands to East Africa

According to news24, the Protea Hospitality Group has signed a deal to open Protea Hotel Kigali in Rwanda, making it the groups 10th African country property.
The 25-room hotel in the upmarket suburb of Nyarutarama in Rwanda's capital city Kigali will open in the last quarter of this year and “represents a great step forward in the Protea Hospitality Group's growth in East Africa,” says company CEO Arthur Gillis.
 Protea Hotel Kigali will offer standard rooms, as well as eight two-bedroom units specifically for the long-stay market. The hotel will also feature a 60-seater restaurant, a bar, gym and swimming pool, plus two executive boardrooms for meetings and conferences on site.
Rwanda is a developing nation of approximately 11 million people. African Economic Outlook sets the country an expected GDP growth of nearly 7% for 2013.

Turkish Airlines to Launch Longest Flight

According to news24, Turkish Airlines is planning the world's first non-stop commercial flight from Europe to Australia.
The Telegraph reports that the new route from Istanbul to Sydney will be the longest commercial flight in the world, spanning 14,956km.
 The service will initially include a stopover in Asia but the airline expects to run non-stop journeys within three years, probably using the Boeing 777-300ER.
The new service will put many European cities within one short hop of the Australian city. Currently the 19-hour Singapore Airlines flight running 15,544km from Singapore to Newark, New York, is the world's longest unbroken commercial flight, however the service is expected to cease at the end of the year.

ASKY Eyes Southern Africa

According to centreforaviation, ASKY Airlines is turning its attention to expanding south, in search of more lucrative routes from its home base in Lome, Togo, to the likes of Angola and South Africa.
ASKY Airlines is 40% owned by Ethiopian Airlines and operates to 22 destinations, with Bissau to be added from July. ASKY is not currently connected to Southern Africa, but neighbouring hub Accra offers services to Windhoek and Johannesburg.
Lagos in Nigeria has connections to Johannesburg and Luanda. Bissau will initially be served twice weekly via two routes: Lome-Abidjan-Conakry-Bissau and Lome-Bamako-Dakar-Bissau. Overall frequencies between Lome and Bissau are expected to increase to five times weekly by January.
ASKY CEO Busera Awel has reportedly stated that services to Europe could commence in 2014 or 2015. This would most likely initially be to Paris, in light of to the country’s historic ties to France.
The codeshare arrangement between ASKY and Ethiopian will be extended to Ethiopian’s three times weekly Addis Ababa-Lome-Rio De Janeiro-Sao Paulo-Lome-Addis Ababa service, now planned to commence 1 July, after being delayed by a month.

SAA Keen on Heathrow Terminal Move

According to incentivetravel, South African Airways is getting ready to move into the new Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport in a year’s time. With the move, all 23 Star Alliance member airlines serving Heathrow and representing over 20% of the airport’s traffic, will for the first time ever operate from a single terminal. 
Operating ‘under one roof’ will enable the Star Alliance member carriers to share operational facilities more efficiently, and make the best use of space and services. 
The state-of-the art terminal will also allow Star Alliance to provide a new and improved level of service for passengers, offering today’s air traveller the right balance and choice between technology and the personal touch. From Terminal 2, 23 Star Alliance airlines will provide 136 flights a day to over 23 Star Alliance member airlines .

United Flying Dreamliner Again

United Airlines is once again operating Boeing 787 commercial flights from the airline's hub in Houston. United will add more Dreamliner flights domestically from Houston and will launch international 787 service on its Denver-Tokyo route in this month. Routes including Houston-London, Los Angeles-Tokyo, Los Angeles-Shanghai and Houston-Lagos will also be serviced by 787s later this year.
 After a refurbishment to premium cabins, the airline now offers 180-degree flat-bed seats and personal on-demand entertainment on scheduled, long-haul international flights from New York.
It has outfitted 182 international aircraft with new United Global First and United BusinessFirst cabins. There are also plans afoot for a $150 million redesign of the airline's Terminal C check-in facilities at Newark Liberty.

Southern Africa to Experience New System for Schengen Visa

According to news24, South African travellers hoping to visit Europe will face more hurdles, as new biometric data becomes part of the Schengen visa application process.
 iAfrica reports that on 6 June, the European Union will introduce its Visa Information System in Southern Africa, requiring applicants to appear in person for visa applications, to enable the collection of biometric data.
The process will apply to all foreign passport holders requesting short-stay visas (up to three months) for relevant Schengen states. However, once an applicant’s biometric data - fingerprints and a digital photograph - has been entered in the VIS, personal visits to the consulate may be waived for the following five years.
Heads of state and members of national government will be exempted from the provision of fingerprints when travelling for official purposes. VIS is already in effect in North, West and Central Africa, the Near East and Gulf region, and will be rolled out globally until all Schengen consulates worldwide are connected.

TAP Expands African Network

According to breakingnewstravel, Portuguese airline TAP is expanding its African operations with the launch of two new routes.
 From October, TAP will introduce flights to Tangier in Morocco and Boa Vista in Cape Verde. TAP will begin offering twice weekly flights to the island of Boa Vista and five flights per week to Tangier, which will join Casablanca and Marrakech as the Moroccan destinations that TAP flies to.
With the opening of this route, and with the planned increase in capacity to Casablanca, the total number of seats TAP will offer each week between Portugal and Morocco will increase by 50%.

Air Seychelles Extends Etihad Codeshare

Air Seychelles has extended its codeshare agreement with equity alliance partner Etihad Airways to include new connections to Australia.
 The new codeshare flights offer connections to Seychelles from Melbourne and Sydney, through Abu Dhabi. Flights from Melbourne offer daily connections, with 10 flights per week from Sydney and three weekly return connections from Seychelles to Melbourne and Sydney.
This comes after a Memorandum of Understanding for air services between the Republic of Seychelles and the Australian Government. Members of Air Seychelles’ joint loyalty programme, Etihad Guest, will earn miles for their entire journey when they fly on the Etihad Airways-operated codeshare flights to or from Australia.

Travelport and Air France-KLM Sign Agreement

Travelport and Air France-KLM have announced a multi-year global distribution agreement, providing all Travelport-connected users with full content.
The agreement includes ancillary services such as Economy Comfort and Seat Plus. Travelport-connected agents will also gain access to full content from Air France’s new regional carrier HOP!, which offers extensive flights in and around France, as well as to a host of other European cites.
"We are delighted to reach a mutually beneficial, full content agreement with Air France-KLM”, said Robin Ranken, Travelport Head of Supplier Europe. "We will continue to work with Air France, KLM and HOP! to distribute their products the way they want, including any new content or merchandising options."

KQ and China Southern Sign Deal

According to eturbonews, Kenya Airways has signed a revised and expanded codeshare agreement with fellow SkyTeam member China Southern.
 The deal will become operational on 1 August and will cover an expanded list of destinations for Kenya Airways passengers, who fly from or via Nairobi to Guangzhou.
With one ticket and checked baggage, KQ passengers can now continue to key Australian destinations such as Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, as well as the central Chinese city of Wuhan, which will be served on China Southern flights from Bangkok.
 In turn, China Southern passengers will be able to fly via Nairobi to Lusaka, Lagos and Johannesburg.

Renaissance Hotels Debuts in Cairo

According to ameinfo, Renaissance Hotels has announced the opening of the new Renaissance Cairo Mirage City Hotel.
It is conveniently located minutes from Cairo International Airport in New Cairo, the city's new strategic business and entertainment centre.
The hotel's 333 rooms and suites have indigenous touches of historical and cultural artwork, along with views of Mirage City and the hotel’s expansive swimming pool.
Meetings and events can be held at the seven meeting rooms or the grand ballroom, offering more than 1100 square metres of event space, infused with natural daylight.

Aero Launches Douala Flight

According to ngrguardiannews, Nigeria’s Aero Contractors launched its inaugural flight from Lagos to Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, this week.
Flight Operations and Accountable Manager Ressel Leefoon said that Aero Contractors intends to increase its flights operations to Cameroon.
He further noted that subsequent flights on this route would be operated by Boeing 737 aircraft, as the number of passenger’s increases.

Comair Court Challenge Update

Comair is awaiting a court date, following the launch of its high court legal challenge of the South African government’s R5-billion guarantee provided to South African Airways in February.
 It anticipates a court date to be set for July this year, and has received responses from some of the parties concerned, including the Minister of Public Enterprises and the Minister of Finance, who will oppose the legal action.
The Minister of Transport has indicated that the department will abide by the court decision, but there has been no feedback from the government or SAA at this point.
Comair’s case is built on official government policy and legislation, which is in place to govern the operation of SAA as a state-owned entity and how it competes with the rest of the domestic aviation industry.

China Changes Immigration Laws

Immigration laws for foreign nationals visiting or living in China are changing. These laws have not yet been finalised, but early indications are that anyone wishing to stay in the country for more than 180 days will need a residence permit.
Visit or tourist visas will only be extended once by a maximum of 30 days. For anyone interested in moving to China on a more permanent basis, there will be the introduction of several new visa categories, including R visas for highly skilled specialists.
Work visas will be divided into Z1 and Z2, for over and under 90 day stays. Z1 visa holders are likely to need a residence permit too.
 Business visitors may be required to apply for a new M category visa instead of an F visa – although the differences between the two have not yet been finalised.

Air Uganda Flies to Kilimanjaro

According to globaltimes, Air Uganda has re-introduced its flights between Entebbe and Kilimanjaro International Airport, following the recent acquisition of a third 50-seater Bombardier CRJ-200 jet.
 The Ugandan airline stopped flying between the two destinations five years ago. Air Uganda marketing manager, Jenifer Musiime, said the re-launch of the route is part of the airline's aim to boost air transport in East Africa.
According to Musiime, the airline will fly from Entebbe to Kilimanjaro four times a week. Air Uganda is set to launch another new route from Entebbe to Mogadishu in July, which will be a three flights a week service.

Air France and KLM to Offer Wi-Fi

Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have installed Wi-Fi on board two Boeing 777-300 planes and will conduct a trial phase throughout the rest of 2013.
Passengers flying either the Paris-New York route on Air France or the Amsterdam-Panama route on KLM, can now send text messages and emails, and surf the Internet during their flight. An in-flight website offers a range of free services, including live television news and sports channels, relevant airline and destination information.
 During the pilot phase, hourly and full-flight fees will be offered. It will be 10.95 euros per hour or 19.95 euros for the full flight, applicable for all classes. Travellers can pay for their Internet access by credit card.
Mobile phone usage (for text and data) will be billed to the phone users according to their own roaming agreements. Wireless service — whether the on-board portal or satellite Internet — will commence once the flight has reached 20,000 feet, shortly after take-off.

More KQ Flights to Eldoret

Kenya Airways will add three more flights between Nairobi and Eldoret, beginning in June, to address the increased seasonal demand.
This will bring to 14 the total number of KQ flights on this route, and with the three additional flights, Kenya Airways will effectively operate double daily flights to Eldoret.
On Mondays and Tuesdays, the additional flight will depart Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at 17h10 and arrive at Eldoret International Airport at 18h10. The next flight will then depart Eldoret at 19h00 and arrive in Nairobi at 20h00.
 On Sundays, the additional flight will depart Nairobi at 07h00 and arrive in Eldoret at 08h00. The return flight will depart Eldoret at 08h45 and arrive in Nairobi at 09h45. The route is served by Embraer E170 aircraft. Eldoret sits in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and is the country’s fastest growing town.