Air France will from April have an additional two flights on its Nairobi—Paris route.
The flights will operate every day except Tuesdays and Saturdays, ferrying passengers on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft that has a 276-passenger capacity with 30 seats in business class, 21 in premium economy and 225 in the economy class.
The increased flights between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is part of the airline’s strategy to expand its African network.
French carrier Air France will from April have an additional two flights on its Nairobi—Paris route as part of its Africa expansion plans.
The airline, which is marking its first anniversary on the Kenya route, made the announcement days ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Kenya this week.
“We will be increasing our flights on the Paris-Nairobi route to five flights a week and we are confident that we will continue this growth in the coming years,” said Arthur Dieffenthaler, Air France general manager for eastern Africa region.
The flights will operate every day except Tuesdays and Saturdays, ferrying passengers on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft that has a 276-passenger capacity with 30 seats in business class, 21 in premium economy and 225 in the economy class.
The increased flights between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is part of the airline’s strategy to expand its African network.
Kenya Airways
Air France last year resumed flights to Nairobi after an 18-year hiatus. It entered into a joint venture partnership with Kenya Airways (KQ) #ticker:KQ in 2018 that saw the airlines operate 12 flights a week on the Nairobi-Paris route.
“Our partnership with KQ has been mutually fruitful with demand growing and also from an exchange of aviation knowledge on the European and African markets,” said Mr Dieffenthaler.
He added that following resumption of flights to Nairobi, the airline had seen increased demand due to growing trade between Kenya and France.
The latter also ranks among Kenya’s most significant tourism source markets.
“Immediately we resumed flights on the Paris-Nairobi route, we recorded higher bookings with our partner Kenya Airways. Our return to this market signifies the confidence we have in strengthened ties between Kenya and France,” said Mr Dieffenthaler.
This comes as Kenya’s Tourism Sector Performance Report 2018 shows that Jomo Kenyatta International Airport had a surge in guests with 1,342,513 arrivals. The total number of arrivals in the country was 2,025,206 in 2018, a 37.33 percent increase compared to the 1,474,671 recorded in 2017.
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