Airlink Expands Its Wings To Nairobi, Kenya
Airlink Expands Its Wings To Nairobi, Kenya. Airlink has announced that it is spreading its wings with a new daily Johannesburg-Nairobi service, which will see it become the first private sector airline to offer flights on the route from 24 April 2023. The airline will provide much-needed competition and additional choices for business and leisure travellers. Kenya becomes the 15th country in Airlink’s comprehensive sub-Saharan route network and its third in East Africa.
The service will be operated with Airlink’s comfortable and efficient state-of-the-art 98-seat Embraer E190 jetliners. “Airlink’s entry on the route supports last November’s agreement by Kenya and South Africa to eliminate trade barriers and strengthen commerce and economic ties by opening-up business and cooperation between the two major economies in key sectors and markets. It also follows South Africa’s removal of visa requirements for Kenyans visiting South Africa for up to 90 days (South Africans do not require visas to visit Kenya),” Airlink’s CEO and Managing Director, Rodger Foster.
Airlink is the largest privately-owned, premium airline in South Africa serving the largest network of over 45 destinations in 13 African countries and St Helena Island. Airlink has the largest fleet with more than 55 commercial jetliners in its fleet. Airlink’s on-time performance is consistently better than 97% and this is a clear indication of the airline’s determination and commitment to remain synonymous with customer centricity, punctuality, service excellence, and reliability. Airlink is proudly the most on-time South African airline for 2020 & 2021 as measured by the Airports Company of South Africa.
“This is also an important moment for Eastern – Southern Africa connectivity. With Airlink’s network now including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and most of the Southern Africa Development Community nations, we offer travellers the widest set of choices and convenient regional and inter-continental connections on our own aircraft and with our global carrier partners. These enable the businesses and economies Airlink serves to expand their own respective market reach. Similarly, our competitive services will promote tourism in both markets, generating additional foreign travel spend,” added Mr Foster.
