Kenya Airways set for direct flights to Abu Dhabi

Kenya Airways will begin direct flights to Abu Dhabi starting July as it seeks to grow its presence in the Middle East.

The airline will fly three times per week between Nairobi and United Arab Emirates’ capital city on a Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

The city of Abu Dhabi is the second KQ destination in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai where the airline already flies ten times weekly.

Kenya Airways chief executive Titus Naikuni said that the new route will provide a vital connection between Africa and the Middle East leveraging on the relationship with Etihad Airways.

“These flights are intended to add value to our customers by providing improved connections and more choices of travel into other parts of the Middle East,” he said.

The launch of flights to Abu Dhabi comes just months after Kenya Airways signed a codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates.

The agreement  allows Kenya Airways’ passengers to seamlessly connect to Etihad Airways’  other destinations, while also ferrying those  originating from various Etihad destinations in the Middle East to different parts of  Africa through Nairobi.

Kenya Airways will be flying to the city on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.