Korean Air to launch thrice weekly flights to Nairobi in June
2012 03 06
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KOREAN Air plans to commence non-stop flights on June 21 from Seoul-Incheon to Nairobi in Kenya, which would make it the first airline to operate direct service from northeast Asia to Nairobi, the carrier said.
Its new service to Nairobi will be operated with A330-200 aircraft. Flight KE959 will depart from Seoul Incheon every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 22:15 hrs and will arrive in Nairobi at 05:30 the next day. Return flight, KE960, will depart from Nairobi at 10:30 every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and will arrive in Seoul Incheon at 04:50 the next day.
"With only 13 hours of flying time, it will offer passengers the ultimate convenience in travelling between the two cities," said managing vice president for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Jaeho
The has been serving major destinations in Africa through codesharing with Kenya Airways, one of the SkyTeam alliance members.
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