7,000 BOOK KENYA AIRWAYS FLIGHTS TO THE US

A Kenya Airways plane: About 7,000 travellers have booked seats on KQ’ direct flights to New York ahead of the October 2018 inaugural journey.

About 7,000 travellers have booked seats on Kenya Airways’ direct flights to New York ahead of the October inaugural journey.

The bookings are spread across the year starting October 28 when the first ever direct commercial flight from Nairobi to New York will take off.

Kenya Airways’ sales director, Julius Thairu, in an interview, said the inaugural flight alone is already more than 80 per cent full.

“To date we have over 7,000 bookings for the New York route with expected cabin factor of above 80 per cent for the inaugural flight. We are entering the booking window and expect to take off with a much higher occupancy,” said Mr Thairu.

The airline expects the inaugural flight to be fully booked with last-minute reservations.

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) director-general, Gilbert Kibe, and the agency’s board members will be leading an advance team from Kenya to New York two days before the inaugural flight to receive the airline at the JFK International Airport.

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