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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

► DUBAI: Kenya Airways acquires 5th Freedom rights on Dubai - Hong Kong sector of new Nairobi - Dubai - Hong Kong flights.

Kenya AirwaysKenya Airways (KQ) has acquired fifth freedom rights on the Dubai - Hong Kong sector of its new Nairobi - Hong Kong flights, set to begin 13JUN. The new flights will operate out of Nairobi 3x weekly.

Kenya Airways in Hong Kong (CJunker)
Kenya Airways(KQ): Dubai - Hong Kong
-Eff 13JUN13
  • KQ862 NBO 2245 - 0500+1DXB0600+1 - 1810+1HKG 763 246
  • KQ863 HKG 2120 - 0130+1DXB0310+1 - 0310+1NBO 763 26
  • KQ863 HKG 2150 - 0200+1DXB0405+1 - 0820+1NBO 763 4
 Source [Amadeus]

The airline’s chief executive officer and group managing director, Titus Naikuni, said:
The flights will link up these two cities, providing seamless connectivity to our customers to various destinations.
The introduction of flights between Hong Kong and Dubai comes as the airline pursues an aggressive network expansion strategy through its 10-year growth plan, Project Mawingu, that aims at growing the number of routes that it operates as well as its fleet.