RWANDAIR SET FOR ALMOST SIMULTANEOUS LAUNCH OF MUMBAI AND HARARE
(Posted 03rd February 2017)
RwandAir just confirmed that two new destinations will be added in April this year, first Harare on the 01st of April with daily flights and then Mumbai on the 03rd of April with four flights a week.
The two cities will be served with Boeing B737NG and Airbus A330 aircraft respectively.
Harare will from April onwards be combined with Lusaka as flights to Johannesburg revert to nonstop services, also operated with Boeing B737NG aircraft.Mumbai, RwandAir’s first ever intercontinental destination, will see one of the airline’s new Airbus A330’s, configured with a Business, Premium Economy and Economy class layout deployed for the nonstop flights from Kigali.
(RwandAir’s Premium Economy Class, the first of its kind in Africa)
(RwandAir’s state of the art flatbed business class seats)
Connectivity has been ensured through adjusted departure times, which allows traffic from RwandAir’s continental network to feed into the new destinations.
Said Mr. John Mirenge, CEO of RwandAir, earlier today when making the announcement: ‘We are delighted to enable new and seamless connections between more African cities and beyond the continent which goes along with creating more businesses and boost the various countries social and economic development‘.
Also still on the drawing board for 2017 are additional African destinations as well as London and New York.
The addition of Harare and Mumbai will bring the number of destinations served by RwandAir to 21 with a total fleet of presently 11 aircraft, due to rise to 12 when in May a fourth Boeing B737-800NG will join.
Both Airbus A330’s and the two new B737-800NG’s offer WiFi on board, available to all passengers against a fee.
RwandAir, a member of IATA, is e-IOSA, ISAGO and EASA certified for safe flight and ground operations.
