Tuesday 28 August 2018

Kenya Airways' official inaugural non-stop flight to New York is on 28 October 2018

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals




Marking 15 years of long-haul flight services to Bangkok since 1 April 2013, Kenya Airways has announced that its B787 Dreamliner commences its official non-stop flight to New York John F Kennedy International Airport from Nairobi on 28 October 2018.

On 28 October 2018, Kenya Airways flight KQ002 departs from Nairobi for New York at 10.55 pm, arrives in New York at 6.55 am on 29 October 2018 before leaving New York at 1 pm for Nairobi and touching down in Nairobi at 10.30 am on 30 October 2018 under flight KQ003.

Kenya Airways is selling Nairobi - New York one-way ticket fare from 385 US Dollars and the New York - Nairobi air fare from 354 US Dollars, excluding taxes and surcharges, on its web-site. Each journey lasts 14 hours 30 minutes. The route is reputed to be the longest air route from East Africa.

The non-stop flights to New York are operated daily. Kenya Airways has a fleet of 8 B787-8 aircraft.

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