Gaborone is the 35th Kenya Airways destination in Africa with Libreville, Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville being the other recent additions.
Kenya Airways (KQ) has said that it will start flying to the Botswana capital, Gaborone as from 4 September.
The flights will be on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays under a code-sharing agreement with the state-owned Air Botswana. They will leave Nairobi for the Zambian capital Lusaka, then to Gaborone and back to Nairobi through Harare, Zimbabwe.
Kenya Airways expects about 475 passengers per round trip. The airline said that in future hope to fly to every African capital using Nairobi as a hub.
Gaborone is the 35th Kenya Airways destination in Africa with Libreville, Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville being the other recent additions.
One of the challenges they faced during the bilateral negotiations was getting permission from the Botswana aviation authorities to land in Gaborone.
Earn revenue
Code-sharing between Kenya Airways and Air Botswana is a common industry practice that allows airlines to earn revenue by selling tickets on each other’s flights.
Under the deal, one airline sells seats for partner’s flights, puts its own code number on the reservation and advertises the route as part of its own network.
It is a win-win situation because the ticketing airline gets part of the fare without the expense of operating a flight.
Botswana and Kenya have for long been trying to revive air links between Nairobi and Gaborone which were severed in the early 1990s due to unprofitability of the route.
One of the challenges they faced during the bilateral negotiations was getting permission from the Botswana aviation authorities to land in Gaborone.
Earn revenue
Code-sharing between Kenya Airways and Air Botswana is a common industry practice that allows airlines to earn revenue by selling tickets on each other’s flights.
Under the deal, one airline sells seats for partner’s flights, puts its own code number on the reservation and advertises the route as part of its own network.
It is a win-win situation because the ticketing airline gets part of the fare without the expense of operating a flight.
Botswana and Kenya have for long been trying to revive air links between Nairobi and Gaborone which were severed in the early 1990s due to unprofitability of the route.
via: daily nation.co.ke
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