When a new B777-300ER arrives later today at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport it will be greeted like a celebrity with government representatives, members of the Kenya Airways’ board of directors, management, staff, and invited guests, all celebrating the latest addition to a growing fleet.
Kenya Airways will take formal delivery of their third B777-300ER, a 400-seat aircraft in dual-class configuration of 28 Business Class and 372 Economy Class seats. The ferry flight from the Paine Field in Everett is now underway, taking the aircraft home to Nairobi on a nonstop flight.
The airline’s planned fleet increase under the airlines strategic “Plan Mawingo” will grow the number of aircraft from its present 48 to 107 passenger aircraft plus a further 12 dedicated freighters.
The new aircraft will be mainly deployed on routes from Nairobi to China, where Kenya Airways is this year launching Shanghai and Beijing as new destinations.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- When a new B777-300ER arrives later today at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport it will be greeted like a celebrity with government representatives, members of the Kenya Airways' board of directors, management, staff, and invited guests, all celebrating the latest addition to a growing fleet.
- The airline's planned fleet increase under the airlines strategic “Plan Mawingo” will grow the number of aircraft from its present 48 to 107 passenger aircraft plus a further 12 dedicated freighters.
- The ferry flight from the Paine Field in Everett is now underway, taking the aircraft home to Nairobi on a nonstop flight.
