Kenya Airways set to fly to Victoria Falls Zimbabwe
National carrier Kenya Airways has announced that it is set to fly directly to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe starting March 18 2017 as it seeks to tap into growing customer requests.
This will bring total Kenya Airways’ destination to 52 and its second city in Zimbabwe after Harare, where it operates 21 flights weekly.
The new route between Nairobi and Victoria Falls will operate three times a week -Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
“This new route highlights our strategy to continue winning in Africa which is driven by opening up the region and ensuring our value proposition meets the demands for our customers,” CEO Mbuvi Ngunze said.
The new route will be linked to Cape Town, South Africa, increasing the airline’s operations to Cape Town from the current fourto six.
“We have seen increased demand for Cape Town, and had to increase our frequency in December. The route via Victoria Falls offers our guests two leisure holiday options,” Ngunze said.
KQ, as it is known by its international code, will be the only carrier offering direct services between Victoria Falls and Cape Town.
The route will be operated by Embraer E190 with a configuration of 12 business class seats and 84 economy class seats.
The airline has been operating for some time now flights to Cape Town via the Zambian city of Livingstone, across the Zambezi River from Victoria Falls and the new flights will bring the overall number of Cape Town services to six per week.
The new service will make Kenya Airways the only airline to serve both Livingstone and Victoria Falls and give travelers the option to land either in Zambia or Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, the three daily services out of Nairobi to Harare are continuing, direct, as well as via the Malawian city of Lilongwe and via Lusaka, Zambia's capital city.
