Emirates and Kenya Airways announced the signing of a new codeshare agreement that will allow passengers of both carriers to access new destinations on their respective networks with a single itinerary booking.
As a result of the partnership, Emirates customers will have access to 28 new destinations in Africa and a total of 148 on the continent. Besides, Kenya Airways will offer its passengers connecting alternatives to 23 new destinations from Dubai International Airport (DXB).
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New options for Emirates and Kenya Airways passengers
In a press release, Emirates stated that its passengers will be able to connect from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) to 28 airports in the region on flights operated by the Kenyan company.
For their part, Kenya Airways passengers starting in Nairobi and Mombasa will be able to continue their journey via Dubai to 23 airports in the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, the Far East, West Asia and South Asia.
Kenya Airways recently launched direct flights between the country’s second largest city, a popular tourist destination, and Dubai; it currently operates four flights a week. It also operates ten services a week from Nairobi, while Emirates operates fourteen weekly flights between the two airports.
«We are pleased to ink our first partnership with Kenya’s flag carrieer», said Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ CCO. «Kenya is a strategic gateway in our Africa network, and this new interline agreement will enhance connectivity for Emirates’ customers and provide them more travel choices across the continent», he noted.
«This partnership will provide the ideal gateway for our customers as we seek to increase our connectivity between Africa and the Middle East through Emirates’ hub in Dubai», said Julius Thairu, Chief Commercial and Customer Officer of Kenya Airways. «Partnerships like these are key in aviation as they take advantage of mutual scale and efficiencies to provide customers with more seamless travel options», he concluded.
