Finally, Kenya is Landing to New York.

Today, the 28th October 2018, Kenya Airways flight,KQ 002, will be making a maiden trip from the iconic Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), at 22:45 for a 14-hour direct trip flight landing at the John F. Kennedy International Airport at 06.45 on Monday morning, 29th October 2018.

This inaugural flight comes after several years of intense negotiations and efforts that have seen significant re-engineering of the JKIA – pushing it to an international status comparable to any top aviation hub in the world. Coming in 2018, the inaugural flight is a first mover in the pursuit of Africa’s integration and fusion with the global market.

Kenya Airways will be connecting 10 passenger and cargo source countries from Africa directly to the western hemisphere from JFK. Other than reaffirm the status of JKIA as hub, this flight, which will fly daily both ways, makes Kenya a firm bridge between Africa and the rest of the World.
Kenya Airways will be joining four other sub-Saharan Africa countries that fly directly to the US, namely South Africa, Ethiopia, Cape Verde, Ghana and Nigeria.

It is cost effective in terms of time and cost; but it offers a connectivity to the western hemisphere that will encourage larger volumes of goods, and number of people – of configurations – students, tourists, traders, investors to engage with one another from across the Atlantic.

Kenya Airways will be answering to its mantra of being – THE PRIDE OF AFRICA.

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