Kenya Airways Redeploys Boeing 787 Dreamliner on London Route

After months of operating a leased Airbus A330-300 on the Nairobi-London Heathrow route, Kenya Airways has now redeployed the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on the popular London route.

Starting from today, 16 January, 2025, all flights between Nairobi and London Heathrow will now be operated using the airline’s flagship aircraft, the Boeing 787-8.

Kenya Airways passengers on this service will experience world class comfort, convenience, and exceptional hospitality with one of Africa's leading carriers.

The Aircraft

Built with 50% composite materials, the Boeing 787 is one of the most innovative and technologically advanced commercial aircraft flying today. Besides, 'smoother ride' technology, the Boeing 787 has lots of passenger pleasing features including the biggest (electronically dimmable) windows in the sky which create dramatic vistas and lets in extra natural light.

The full-spectrum LED mood lighting on the 787 sets the mood and helps passengers to naturally adjust to changing time zones. The 787 is pressurized at a lower altitude and features higher humidity both of which help to significantly reduce motion sickness and jet-lag, leaving passengers feeling refreshed and invigorated on arrival.

To make good things even better, Kenya Airways Boeing 787-8 is configured with only 234 seats including 30 in business class and 204 in economy class. With only 234 seats, Kenya Airways Boeing 787-8 is one of the least dense Boeing 787 configurations and one of the most comfortable long haul aircraft in the skies.

In addition to ergonomic seats designed for long haul flights, economy class passengers enjoy a relatively generous leg room of 32 inches. In the business class cabin, passengers enjoy personal space, extra leg room of 75 inches as well as spacious seats that recline into lie flat beds for maximum comfort. consists of watching movie after movie, eating and sleeping.

With Kenya Airways top of the line IFE system, both economy and business class passengers can choose from a host of new contents on their interactive seat-back screens for unrivalled and memorable entertainment experience on board.

On the Boeing 787, Economy Class passengers will have access to 10.7 inch screen with power socket, while Business Class passengers will enjoy 15.4-inch screen, universal power socket and a USB port.

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