Kenya Airways will commence a new route to Hanoi and become the first African nation to fly to Vietnam on March 30, bringing to five the number of its destinations in Asia.
With an extensive and well planned geographical network in both Africa and Asia, the airline is making a bid for the growing transit traffic between Vietnam and Africa, said airline CEO Mbuvi Ngunze.
He added that Vietnam has shown a considerable and stable economic growth over the recent years and that the airline wants to leverage on the growth, particularly on the increased trade with Africa.
The airline will fly three times a week to Vietnam while its SkyTeam partners will be used as a bridgehead to the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, China and Singapore.
The flights will depart from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi at 10:20pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and arrive at Noi Bai International Airport at 11.55am next day with a return flight on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Kenya Airways- one of the three biggest African carriers- currently operates flights to 51 cities in African, European and Asian nations.