Fourth airline launches Nairobi, Kisumu flights
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Jetlink Express, a privately owned Kenyan airline will launch a new route to Kisumu from Nairobi beginning March 7.
It becomes the fourth airline to fly the route after Kenya Airways, Fly540 Airlines and East African Safari Air Express.
Jetlink Express Managing Director, Captain Elly Aluvale, said that Kisumu will be the second destination to be operated by the airline.
The other route is Nairobi to Juba, South Sudan. Jetlink Express will be flying twice a day, every day, to and from Kisumu – using a jet aircraft – Fokker 28.
"A morning and late afternoon departure will allow for excellent connections on all international airlines, on both the inbound and outbound sectors. The timings will also favour our regular, domestic travellers, to and from Kisumu," Alluvale said.
The airline was until last month operating to Kisumu, amongst other routes, in collaboration with East African Safari Air Express (EASAX), but the bilateral interline agreement between the two airlines was terminated on February 27, 2007.
"Jetlink Express will accept and honor all tickets issued on an EASAX documents issued on or before February 27. We will continue to operate the Juba – Kisumu services on their airline designation code of JQ," said Captain Aluvale.
He assured Jetlink clients that they would be handled in an extremely smooth and professional manner, during transitional period.
Travel agents operating under the International Air Transport Agreement are free to make all their bookings directly from their central reservation systems, he said.
"We are delighted to operate Kisumu flights. We will provide fast and comfortable travel to our customers, with a baggage allowance of 20kg," Aluvale said.
He attributed the launch of the new route to the airline’s ability to react quickly to increasing demand in domestic travel, coupled with a recent growth in the carrier’s capacity. Aluvale said the entry of Jetlink offers customers an alternative with the lowest fare, which makes it the best choice of travel. The launch fare is Sh6,000 return, exclusive of taxes.
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published Mar 05, 2007
