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Emirates... increased capacity on Nairobi route

Emirates increases capacity on its Nairobi service

DUBAI, February 26, 2015

Dubai-based Emirates will switch from the current Airbus A330-200 aircraft used on one of the two daily services to Nairobi, Kenya, to a larger Boeing 777-300 ER from May 1.

The introduction of a Boeing 777-300ER will boost capacity on the route by 1,638 seats a week, and make Nairobi an all-Boeing 777 operation for Emirates.

“Our Nairobi-Dubai service is one of our busiest routes in Africa, and it has been steadily growing since we first launched services to Kenya in October 1995 with just two weekly flights. Nairobi is a very popular destination for both business and leisure travellers, and is a gateway to many of the country’s major tourist attractions such as the Masai Mara and its east coast beaches. We anticipate that our additional capacity will stimulate further growth in both tourism and business traffic on the route,” said Orhan Abbas, Emirates senior vice president, Commercial Operations, Latin America, Southern and Central Africa.

“Travellers will be able to enjoy Emirates’ Boeing 777 service on both daily flights between Nairobi and Dubai, connecting to, or from, our worldwide network of more than 140 destinations - in particular, Europe, US, Far East and West Asia. This includes our A380 network of 34 destinations across the globe, such as Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai (China); Bangkok (Thailand); Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); Mumbai (India); London (UK); Frankfurt (Germany); Paris (France); Amsterdam (The Netherlands); Rome (Italy); Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco (US); and Toronto (Canada),” Abbas said.

The Emirates Boeing 777-300ER will offer 354 seats in a three-class configuration, with eight luxurious private suites in First Class, 42 lie-flat seats in Business Class and 304 spacious seats in Economy Class.

All three cabins are equipped with Emirates’ award-winning ice entertainment system with more than 2,000 channels of on-demand entertainment to choose from, including movies, television programmes, games, audio books and music from across the world. As with all Emirates flights, passengers enjoy gourmet cuisine and service by our multi-national cabin crew, as well as the extra generous baggage allowance of 30 kg in Economy Class, 40 kg in Business Class and 50 kg in First Class.

The larger aircraft also provides a total of 77 tonnes of additional cargo capacity per week on the route, further facilitating trade opportunities between Kenya and Emirates’ extensive global route network. – TradeArabia News Service




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