NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 15 – Kenya Airways (KQ) has added two flights to its weekly schedule to New York in the United States of America (USA) in anticipation of pent-up demand.
The two flights will be distributed between Thursday and Saturday, with one in the morning and another in the afternoon.
Subsequently, KQ’s flights between the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and JFK Airport grow to nine.
This comes as the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is expected to promote Kenya as a travel destination in North America, including New York and Boston, as well as Toronto in Canada, from March 19th to 21st.
“To complement the growing appetite for travel to Kenya, Kenya Airways has introduced two additional flights on the New York route between 15th June 2024 to 28th September 2024,” KQ stated.
Kenya has, over the past few months and years, been promoting the country globally through a series of campaigns to boost arrivals.
Data from the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife in 2023 showed that the number of tourists coming into Kenya grew to 1.75 million, an increase from 1.48 million in 2022.
The trend is expected to contribute to an additional 825,000 international tourists annually.
This expansion builds on KQ’s establishment of the direct New York-Nairobi route in 2018, which has since served as a conduit for business and tourism in East Africa.
KQ’s move follows the announcement in February of increased frequencies to five destinations, including two extra flights to New York in the United States of America.
The airline also noted that it will add flights to Eldoret and Maputo, Mozambique, amid growing demand for air travel.
