RwandAir
National
carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, RwandAir, has announced plans to
launch flights from its hub in Kigali into Abuja, Nigeria’s political
capital; Bamako, the Malian capital; Conakry, the capital of Guinea and
Cape Town in South Africa.
These routes, according to the airline are part of its remaining
route expansion destinations and growth drive for 2017/2018 financial
year.
Apart from the expansion plan for its operations in Africa, RwandAir
is also determined to expand its flights into New York, in the United
States and the long awaited flights into Guangzhou in China, Asia.
RwandAir Country Manager in Nigeria, Ibiyemi Odusi, said the airline
will continue to offer uninterrupted seamless air services on its many
routes with improvements on its products on all fronts.
Odusi said the airline is committed to offering Nigerian market
competitive fares, generous baggage allowance and seamless uninterrupted
connections to destinations within Africa, Middle East and Europe.
According to Odusi, “Abuja will soon be active together with Bamako,
Yaounde, Conakry, Cape Town, New York and of course the long awaited
Guangzhou, in China.
“We are the fastest growing airline in Africa today. Our fleet of 12
aircraft is composed of Airbus A330-300 and A330-200 among others. We
will continue to consolidate on this to enable us feed our routes
seamlessly with adequate schedule planning. By the end of this financial
year, we will be looking at 31 destinations in the whole network,” she
said.
