The agreement will give customers more travel choices as well as easy baggage check-in at their final destination. Emirates customers can now fly to 28 destinations across the Kenya Airways network with Nairobi as their point of entry to destinations like:
Nampula
Bangui
Bujumbara
Kigali
Dzaoudzi
Lubumbashi
Kinshasa
Kilimanjaro
Juba
Zanzibar
Other regional points across Africa
Bilateral Interline Arrangement: Emirates passengers flying via Dubai can book a one ticket itinerary to or from Mombasa
Kenya's most popular leisure destination
Emirates and Kenya Airways have entered into a first-of-its-kind interline agreement, allowing Emirates' customers to connect seamlessly to 23 destinations in the West and South Asian, Far East, Indian Ocean, and Middle East, including Nairobi, Mombasa, and Tokyo. This partnership is a key one in the aviation industry, as it allows both airlines to take advantage of each other's scale and efficiency to offer customers more travel options across the continent.
In a statement, Emirates' chief commercial officer, Adnan Kazim, said that the new interline agreement with Kenya Airways will be a great asset to Emirates' customers, as it will provide them with greater network opportunities and improved connections.
Kenya Airways' chief commercial and customer officer, Julius Thairu, added that this partnership will be a great gateway for their customers, as Emirates' hub in Dubai will help to increase their connectivity between Africa and Middle East.