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Emirates, Kenya Airways sign deal to offer more travel options between Africa and the Middle East
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A Kenya Airways plane parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. /KQ
A Kenya Airways plane parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. /KQ

A Kenya Airways plane parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. /KQ

Emirates Airlines and Kenya Airways (KQ) have announced an interline deal that will allow customers of both airlines access to new destinations on the two airlines' networks within a single itinerary. 

The agreement will provide customers with increased travel options as well as seamless baggage check-in to their final destination.

Emirates customers will now be able to fly to 28 destinations on the Kenya Airways network using Nairobi as the gateway to destinations such as Nampula, Bangui, Bujumbara, Kigali, Dzaoudzi, Lubumbashi, Kinshasa, Kilimanjaro, Juba, Zanzibar, among many other regional points across Africa. Additionally, as part of a bilateral interline arrangement, Emirates passengers travelling via Dubai can also book a single ticket itinerary from or to Mombasa, one of the most popular leisure destinations in Kenya.

Similarly, Kenya Airways passengers travelling from Nairobi and Mombasa will now be able to access the Emirates' network and seamlessly connect through Dubai to 23 destinations across West and South Asia, the Far East, the Indian Ocean and Middle East such as Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok, Ahmedabad, Beirut, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Seoul among others.

(With input from agencies)

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