UAE Carrier to Launch Kenya Flights From April

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Etihad Airways, is set to launch direct flights to Kenya’s capital city Nairobi, its first destination in East Africa in April 2012.

Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan, said that Nairobi now becomes the 72nd destination in Etihad’s global network and the return flights will create a new link between the two capital cities of Kenya and the UAE.

"This new route will allow Etihad to tap into large traffic flows between East Africa, North Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent," Hogan said.

A daily service from Abu Dhabi to Nairobi will begin in April, operated by a two class A320 aircraft with 16 Pearl Business class and 120 Coral Economy seats.