RWANDAIR SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH RWANDA CYCLING ASSOCIATION
(Posted 17th November 2015)
Last weekend did RwandAir and the Rwanda Cycling Federation sign a partnership agreement in support of the cycling sport in Rwanda by the airline.
For the second consecutive year, the airline will support the federation in the provision of air transportation services to organizers, riders, and their equipment to participate in the various competitions taking place across the seventeen routes operated by the airline.
The signing took place just two days to the start of the 7th edition of Tour of Rwanda, the 928.4KM raceduring which Team Muhabura, one of the teams representing Rwanda will proudly wear the airline’s branded jerseys.
The ‘Union Cycliste Internationale’ (UCI) rated race has become one of the country’s major sporting events and one of the most important African competitions on the cycling calendar.
‘RwandAir is proud to be associated with the Rwanda Cycling Federation and commends the achievements done in developing cycling and making Rwanda famous’ said Jean Paul Nyirubutama, RwandAir’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer.
‘We are pleased with this renewed partnership and grateful to the national carrier’s support as our participation in the various international competitions helped us in achieving great milestones which improved our UCI Africa Tour rankings and could lead to Olympics qualifications’ said Aimable Bayingana, Rwanda Cycling Federation Chairman in his response.
This year’s race will be a chance for the sport fans to see famous riders from Africa, America, and Europe in action competing across the thousand hills of our country.
RwandAir, one of the fastest growing airlines on the continent of Africa, continues to take pride in supporting various
Rwandan and African sporting initiatives as part of its’ Corporate Social Responsibility program touching all the 14 countries served by the airline.
From its Kigali does RwandAir, an IOSA certified operator and full IATA airline member operate one of the youngest fleets on the African continent and is well reputed for an excellent on time performance. The airline reaches out to sixteen cities in Western, Eastern and Southern Africa and the Middle East from its hub in Kigali.
As part of RwandAir expansion strategy has the airline ordered two brand new three class Airbus A330s, one of them a -200 and the other a -300 variant, due for delivery in September and December 2016 respectively for Asia, India and European services.
The airline is currently undergoing the e-IOSA audit, brought forward at their own request, to be certified when overall four new aircraft will join the fleet next year. Also ongoing is the ISAGO audit, carried out by IATA for safe ground operations.
