Kenya Airways, one of Africa’s three leading airlines, believes the establishment of better transport networks, linking major cities of the continent, will spur economic growth across Africa.
The Nairobi-headquartered company’s regional general manager for Southern Africa, Rosemary Adogo, told CAJ News Africa the airline must partner with government and other vested stakeholders to help realise the continent’s economic potential.
As Kenya’s flagship carrier, the airline is proud to be a reliable and leading concern that facilitates the movement of goods and people across the Africa’s and promotes the continent’s businesses.
“Africa’s economic growth requires a better transport network linking major cities,” Adogo said in Cape Town, South Africa, while participating in a three-day Kenya-South Africa Trade and Investment Summit.
Despite fierce competition from rival airlines, Kenya Airways has continued to penetrate new markets throughout the continent by opening new routes to the public. “Kenya Airways offers gateway to East, Southern and West African regions. This has opened linkages among major cities of the continent,” said Adogo.
Key routes of commerce and cultural exchange include Nairobi-Johannesburg (South Africa), Nairobi-Abuja (Nigeria), Nairobi-Cape Town (South Africa) and Nairobi-Livingston (Zambia).
In addition, Kenya Airways provides world-class technologies aimed at advancing its customers’ quality of life. Founded in 1977 after the dissolution of East African Airways, Kenya Airways flies to 53 destinations — 43 of which are in Africa — and carries more than four million passengers each year.
Dubbed “The Pride of Africa”, Kenya Airways boasts the latest fleet of 787 Dreamliners and 737s that are widely appreciated by African travellers.
— CAJ News