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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya Airways has resumed direct flights to Bangkok, three years after it suspended the route over the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Tuesday, the carrier said the route re-opening comes with five weekly flights from Nairobi.<\/p>\n

“This is to provide travellers from Africa with convenient connections via Nairobi to the popular tourist destination in Thailand,” said Julius Thairu, KQ’s chief commercial and customer officer.<\/p>\n

He said this would expand KQ\u2019s current network to 42 destinations, offering travellers into and out of Africa, connections via Nairobi to Thai destination.<\/p>\n

Mwai said the airline is taking a proactive approach in expanding international routes.<\/p>\n

The route was launched in 2003 and suspended in 2020 a period that also saw the airline suspend the Djibouti, Mogadishu and Khartoum flights.<\/p>\n

The Covid-19 period also saw KQ reduce flights; for instance, flights to Dubai were cut from two to once a day.<\/p>\n

Flights to London were cut from seven to five while flights from JKIA to Johannesburg were slashed to two.<\/p>\n

KQ hopes to bank on the re-opening of Nairobi-Bangkok route to woo more travellers during the Christmas period.<\/p>\n

It also re-introduced daily flights to New York from December 1, a move that the carrier said will seek to tap into the growing travel demand during festivities.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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