KLM launches scheduled service to Kigali
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Amstelveen, 23 June 2010 - With effect from the start of the new winter schedule
on 31 October 2010, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch scheduled service
between Amsterdam and Kigali International Airport in Rwanda. Kigali will then
become KLM's 64th intercontinental destination.
Five flights a week will be offered to Kigali with an intermediate stopover in
Entebbe. The flights will be operated using Airbus A330-200 equipment. This
aircraft type offers seats for 243 passengers; 30 in World Business Class and
213 in Economy Class.
KLM President & CEO Peter Hartman: "Adding Kigali as a new destination
strengthens KLM's position in East Africa. This region is of key importance to
the extensive Air France-KLM network."
Together with partner airline Kenya Airways, KLM will offer Kigali as the 5th
destination served directly in East Africa, along with Nairobi, Entebbe,
Kilimanjaro and Dar Es Salaam. KLM-Kenya Airways operates a total of 41 weekly
flights between East Africa and Europe.
With effect from 31 October 2010, flight KL563 will depart from Schiphol on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10:15 hours, arriving
the same day in Kigali at 21:25 hours. The return flights (KL564) will depart
from Kigali on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 22:30
hours, arriving a day later in Amsterdam at 08:15 hours. Flights to this new
destination can be booked from Thursday, 24 June using the reservations systems
or online viawww.klm.com.
For more information:
KLM Mediarelations, tel: +31(0)20-6494545.
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