Emirates puts more seats on Nairobi-Dubai route

Emirates will switch from current Airbus A330-200 aircraft used for Nairobi-Dubai services to a larger Boeing 777-300 ER from May 1.

The move will boost capacity on the route by 1,638 seats a week, and make Nairobi an all-Boeing 777 operation. The larger aircraft also provides a total of 77 tonnes of additional cargo capacity per week on the route, further facilitating trade opportunities between Kenya and Emirates' extensive global route network.

"Our Nairobi-Dubai service is one of our busiest routes in Africa, and it has been steadily growing since we first launched services to Kenya in October 1995," said Emirates Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Latin America, Southern and Central Africa, Orhan Abbas.