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.

KQ Increases Simba Lounge Capacity

Kenya Airways has expanded its lounge at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, to cater for increase in customer growth. Under the brand name ‘Simba Lounge’, two Kenya Airways-operated lounges at JKIA will seat over 200 passengers, with the older Simba Lounge seating over 50 passengers and the newly-expanded Simba Lounge on the second floor at JKIA seating 150 passengers, in an area of about 1500 square metres.
 The lounge service will cater for Business Class, Flying Blue Elite Plus and SkyTeam Elite Plus passengers, where high value customers get the same unique service across all 500 lounges in all Skyteam member airlines. Passengers will have an option to choose which of the two lounges to use while waiting to depart. The lounge services will include amongst others, complimentary food, snacks and drinks, hot shower facility, high speed Wi-Fi Internet connection, satellite TV, and international newspapers and journals. The new lounge will be open to all Platinum and Gold card elite frequent fliers from all SkyTeam member airlines, departing or flying via Nairobi.