- Chidozie Uzoezie
Kenya Airways Increases Frequencies Across Africa and Europe
Kenya Airways will add 26 weekly frequencies between its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and destinations across Africa and Europe for the 2018 summer season.
In the months of July and August, the airline will have two additional night flights to Amsterdam, per week and two other extra day flights to Paris, France.
To cater for increasing demand, the airline will further introduce 4 weekly flights to Mauritius effective June 7th 2018 and 3 non-stop weekly flights to Cape Town effective June 6th, this is in addition to the existing 7 weekly flights connecting via Victoria Falls and Livingston.
The airline will also add three night flights to Accra, Ghana and Freetown, Sierra Leone effective August this year. Other destinations that will have additional frequencies include Kinshasa, Brazzaville, Capetown, Johannesburg, Maputo and Entebbe.
Last year, Kenya received about 1.3 million international tourist arrivals which was a 17 percent increase compared to the previous year. All the destinations worldwide received a total of 1.1 billion international tourist arrivals.
