Friday, 29 November 2013

KQ increase flights to 11 routes ahead of festive season

Kenya Airways Plane.Photo/File
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY STAR REPORTER

Kenya Airways has increased frequency to eleven destinations ahead of the December holidays as the airline prepares for an anticipated surge in demand for these routes during the festive season. 
Domestically, the airline will increase flights to Malindi seven times a week up from the current six times while flights to Mombasa will increase 88 times up from the current 11 flights.  Regionally, the airline will increase flights to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania from the current five times to seven times weekly and to Juba in South Sudan from the current 12 every week, to 19 times. 

Flights outside the region flights  to Gabarone in Botswana will increase from the current three times a week to five times a week, flights to Antananarivo in Madagascar seven times weekly up from the current four times and flights to Seychelles will increase four times up from three times a week. 
The airline will also begin flying a wide body Boeing 767 aircraft to Accra in Ghana either through Freetown four times weekly or through Monrovia three times a week. 
The frequency of flights to Paris, France has also been increased to six times every week, up from the current five times.  Kenya Airways’ Chief Operating Officer, Mbuvi Ngunze said that the increased frequency is meant to meet heightened demand during the festive season. 
“As an airline, we are committed to consistently deliver world class experience, which includes availability of capacity throughout the year. This is the reason we are boosting our frequencies on these routes so that our guests can travel whenever they want to,” Mr. Ngunze added.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-145562/kq-increase-flights-11-routes-ahead-festive-season#sthash.uEsRZpcl.dpuf

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