A Virgin Atlantic flight. Photo/REUTERS
Air travellers will be able to fly from Nairobi to the US and have the option of connecting to states like Baltimore, Maryland and North Carolina under a new Virgin Atlantic deal with New York-based JetBlue Airways.
Virgin Atlantic passengers flying from Kenya will fly to USA via London and can connect to JetBlue’s flights at New York, Boston, Orlando and Washington.
The long haul airline announced the transatlantic interline partnership on Friday saying the deal will offer Virgin Atlantic passengers streamlined journey while enjoying high services standards.
“We fly many passengers from Kenya to the USA via London, so I’m delighted that with this agreement we can now offer our Kenya customers even more choice in their US destinations when they fly with Virgin Atlantic,” David Rose country manager for Virgin Atlantic said.
Other states that passengers can connect to include Charlotte, Chicago, San Diego, Florida, Puerto Rico, Tampa and San Juan.
The airline hopes to attract more customers by providing them convenience.
Under the agreement travellers get to purchase single itineraries from both airlines affording them the convenience of one-stop ticketing and baggage check-in whether their travel originates with Virgin Atlantic or JetBlue.
Meanwhile, Qatar Airways is offering special offers to its customers as it marks 100th destination achievement as it seek to woo more travellers.
The airline will give its loyal flyers a bonus and discounts while allowing travellers to stop in Qatar en route Doha to explore beautiful sites.
This comes months after the airline increased the number of flights between Nairobi and Doha to 12 per week as part of its East African expansion plan.
In another development, Emirates Airline has released revised winter schedule ahead of the impending shift in timings .
The different flight departure times will be in sync with passenger arrival periods.
“Certainly the clocks go forward one hour in the United Kingdom on that date and we are redrawing our departure schedules to accommodate this,” said Emirates Airline regional manager for East Africa Essa Sulaiman Ahmad.
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