Emirates and Kenya Airways Sign Interline
Agreement
(13/06/23)
Emirates (EK) and Kenya Airways (KQ) have signed an interline
agreement that will give travellers access to new destinations on the two airlines’ networks
on a single itinerary that includes seamless baggage check-in
to their final destination.
Emirates customers can now fly to 28 destinations on the Kenya Airways network using
Nairobi as the gateway to destinations such as Nampula, Bangui,
Bujumbara, Kigali, Dzaoudzi, Lubumbashi, Kinshasa, Kilimanjaro,
Juba and Zanzibar, as well as many other regional points across Africa.
Additionally, as part of a bilateral interline arrangement,
Emirates passengers travelling via Dubai can also book a single
ticket itinerary from or to Mombasa, one of the most popular
leisure destinations in Kenya.
Emirates began
operations to Kenya with the launch of flights between Nairobi and
Dubai in 1995, and since then it has steadily grown the route to 14 weekly flights, having flown over 5 million passengers through
the years.
“We are
pleased to ink our first partnership with Kenya’s flag carrier,”
said Adnan Kazim, Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates. “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. We look forward to deepening our relationship with
Kenya Airways, offering greater network opportunities and improving connections for both of our customers.”
Kenya Airways recently launched direct flights between Mombasa
and Dubai offering customers 4 weekly flights.
The flight from Moi
International Airport, Mombasa marked the second hub, other than
its Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, that the carrier connects
passengers directly to the UAE.
KQ currently operates ten weekly
flights to Dubai from Nairobi using a mix of B737-800 and the
Dreamliner B787-800.
Thanks to the interline agreement, Kenya Airways
passengers travelling from Nairobi and Mombasa can now
access Emirates’ network and seamlessly connect through Dubai
to 23 destinations across West and South Asia, the Far East, the
Indian Ocean and Middle East such as Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok,
Ahmedabad, Beirut, Hong Kong, Jakarta and Seoul, among others.
“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 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.”
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