IN an apparent demonstration of business growth in East Africa, Qatar Airways has increased its presence in the region with 12 additional flights across the two capital cities of Dar es Salaam and Nairobi.
''As part of our growth strategy, we continue to step up frequency on existing routes, which is a strong lever to facilitate growth in the business and tourism sectors.
The Dar es Salaam route has performed exceptionally well since its launching in January 2007,'' the airline's Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said in a statement over the weekend.
Dar es Salaam, currently served daily, has already received an additional four flights a week from January 2, this year. An additional flight from February 14 will take frequency up to 12 weekly services.
On the other hand, the daily Nairobi - Doha flights have increased to 12 flights a week. From January 3, an additional two flights will take capacity up to double daily. The expansion comes after five successful years of operations to Kenya's capital city.
''We have been serving Nairobi since November 2005 and this has proved one of our biggest success stories in Africa, so we are extremely pleased to be offering our passengers even more choice with additional frequency going to double daily,'' he added.
Both routes are operated with an A320 aircraft, featuring 12 seats in Business Class and 132 Economy seats.
The African subcontinent, according to the statement, is one of Qatar Airways' largest markets by the number of destinations served and the region alone makes up over 10 per cent of the airline's international network.
The award winning Doha-based airline currently flies to 14 cities across Africa, including Alexandria, Algiers, Cairo, Luxor, Casablanca, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Lagos, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Seychelles, Tripoli and Tunis.
From each of these cities, the airline offers convenient connections via its Doha hub to many points on the airline's network covering Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and North and South America.
"We are pleased to introduce additional capacity to Africa and offer the travelling public greater options for air travel to and from the region,'' said the CEO.
The airline currently operates a modern fleet of 93 aircraft to 95 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North and South America. The latest addition was the French Mediterranean city of Nice on November 24.
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