Kenya Airways makes maiden flight to Accra

Kenya Airways made its maiden flight to the Kotoka International Airport on Monday. This is a part of the airlines route expansion programme.

The Kenyan airline would operate a Boeing 737 Aircraft twice weekly from Nairobi to Accra on Mondays and Saturdays.

Among the 20 passengers on board the maiden flight were the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kenyan Airways, Isaac Omollo Okello, Ron Schipper, KLM Vice President for Africa, airline operators and reporters from Kenya.

Robert Owusu, General Manager of Kenya Airways, West Africa, said Kenya Airways already operates four flights weekly to Abidjan, Lagos, Yaoundi and the flight to Accra would be a direct one.