National carrier, Kenya Airways has announced the introduction of an additional flight to Maputo in Mozambique to meet rising demand on the route.

Commencing June 10th 2013, the airline will introduce an additional flight from its hub at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to the Southern African nation. This brings to four the number of flights operated by the airline.

Kenya Airways will operate the additional flight under two flight codes - KQ740 and KQ741. KQ740 departs from Nairobi on Mondays at 1050hrs to arrive in Maputo at 1355hrs, and KQ741 departing from Maputo at 1445hrs to arrive in Nairobi at 1950hrs.

The additional capacity is aimed at meeting the rising travel demand to the Southern Africa country, while allowing its customers in Mozambique to take advantage of the airline's growing route network.

Kenya Airways' Chief Executive Officer Dr. Titus Naikuni said that the additional capacity is expected to meet the surge in demand from trader traffic and to give the airline an edge in attracting travelers to the Southern African country. Dr. Naikuni noted that the airline's presence in the Southern African region has continued to grow steadily, adding that flights to Maputo had commenced only in 2006.

"There is increasing demand for air travel in the continent which makes Africa the new growth frontier in the aviation industry. It is, therefore, important for us to continue to grow our presence across the continent to meet this demand," added Dr. Naikuni.

He added that the airline was progressing well with its planned expansion programme by significantly increasing its fleet and network of destinations. Within the Southern African region and in addition to Maputo, Kenya Airways flies to Nampula, Luanda, Harare, Lilongwe, Gaborone, Johannesburg as well as Ndola and Lusaka in Zambia.

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About Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways, a member of the Sky Team Alliance, is a leading African airline flying to over 59 destinations worldwide, 40 of which are in Africa and carries over three million passengers annually. It continues to modernize its fleet with its 41 aircraft fleet being one of the most modern in Africa. The on-board service is renowned and the lie-flat business class seat on the wide-body aircraft is consistently voted among the world's top 10. In 2010, it scooped top awards at the Africa Investor (Ai) Tourism Investor Awards and was declared the Business Airline of the Year in Africa. Kenya Airways takes pride for being in the fore front of connecting Africa to the world and the World to Africa through its hub Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. For more information, please visit www.kenya-airways.com.