by Lola Okulo
26 November 2011 on allafrica.com
from Nairobi Star EMIRATES airlines has increased its capacity on the Nairobi-London route becoming the second airline to do so in a span of a year.
Emirates has announced that it will now use the jumbo A380 aircraft that carries almost double the number of passengers that the previous aircraft on the route- the Boeing 777- used to carry. This means that an estimated 600 passengers will be carried per flight to London.
Three out of Emirates' five daily flights into London's Heathrow airport will be served by the super jumbo. "As these magnificent aircraft continue to join our fleet, we can offer more seats and choice in and out of high density points, while enabling a greater number of passengers to benefit from the Emirates' A380 experience," said Emirates' Regional Manager for East Africa Essa Sulaiman Ahmad.
The route has proved popular due to the increasing number of tourists from the UK which is one the biggest source markets for Kenya's tourism.
According to the Kenya Tourism Board, 174,051 British nationals visited Kenya in 2010 with better prospects for 2011. The number of British holidaymakers visiting Kenya rose 10% during the first quarter of 2011 compared with the corresponding period in 2010, according to new figures from the Kenya Tourism Board. READ MORE
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