From Gazette Botswana

East African airline giant Kenya Airways (KQ) plans to improve connectivity from Botswana to global destinations in Asia, including Bangkok, Dubai, Bombay and Hong Kong. This was revealed by KQ Country Manager Juliet Zintambila at award ceremony for local travel agencies in Gaborone. She said KQ is also actively exploring the possibility of having daily flights into and out of Botswana.

KQ has experienced success since opening its doors in Botswana in 2009. The Gaborone branch was the 47th global destination for KQ and the 38th in Africa. The airliner has a standing code sharing deal with Air Botswana (AB), through which AB sells seats on KQ direct flights between Nairobi and Gaborone. The code share was meant to encourage tourist traffic and intra-Africa business travel and establish the new Sir Seretse Khama International Airport as an attractive alternative to OR Tambo in the region. The Nairobi route also propped-up Jomo Kenyatta International as an alternative hub into Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Kenya Airways would also offer cargo space on the belly capacity of these flights.

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