Abu Dhabi Airports Company expands global network with the arrival of the first Kenya Airways flight

Abu Dhabi, July 3, 2013 (WAM) - Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) yesterday welcomed the inaugural flight of Kenya Airways, the national carrier of Kenya, famously known as "the Pride of Africa", into Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH). Kenya Airways will now offer three flights a week between AUH and Nairobi, Kenya (NBO). The flight, which hosted the Kenya Airways CEO, Dr. Titus Naikuni, and a Cabinet Member of the Kenyan Government, was welcomed with a water cannon salute and a ribbon cutting ceremony which was attended by Eng. Ahmad Al Haddabi, Chief Operations Officer of ADAC, and H.E Ambassador Mohamed Gello, Kenyan Ambassador to the UAE. The three flights a week planned on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will depart from NBO at 19:25 and arrive in AUH at 01:05 the following day, whilst flights leaving AUH at 02:05 will arrive in NOB at 05:55 on the same day. The new route will use a B737-800 aircraft containing 145 seats divided between business and economy classes. – Emirates News Agency, WAM