Airlink to launch new Johannesburg-Nairobi flights

Travellers wanting to fly from Johannesburg to Nairobi, Kenya can now look forward to new direct flights with Airlink.

Airlink launches new route

Local South African carrier, Airlink, will now be offering a brand new route, flying daily from Johannesburg to Nairobi.

Starting next week, 24 April 2023, the airine will become the first South African private-sector airline to offer flights on this route, with Kenya also becoming the 15th country in Airlink’s sub-Saharan route network and its third in East Africa, reports Travel News.

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Airlink CEO and MD, Rodger Foster, says that the new route provides 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.” Foster said.

“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.” Foster added.

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Flight details

The new service will be operated daily, with Airlink’s 98-seat Embraer E190 jetliners and the flight schedule, as per Travel News, will be as follows:

• 4Z 070 will depart Johannesburg at 09:40, arriving in Nairobi at 14:45
• 4Z 071 will then depart Nairobi at 15:45, arriving in Johannesburg at 19:05

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More and more from Airlink

In other flight news about Airlink, the airline will soon be restarting flight services to the Madagascan island of Nosy Be. Starting out on 25 June this year, Airlink will reinstate weekly scheduled services between Johannesburg and Madagascar’s big island.

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The return of this service comes hot on the heels of Airlink’s resumption of flights to Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, which happened after the country lifted their COVID-19 travel restrictions and its ban on flights to and from South Africa. Read more about it here.

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