Emirates will connect more people with Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, when it switches from the current Airbus A330-200 aircraft used on one of the two daily services to a larger Boeing 777-300 ER from 1 May. The introduction of a Boeing 777-300ER will boost capacity on the route by 1638 seats a week, and make Nairobi an all-Boeing 777 operation for Emirates.

An Emirates Boeing 777-300 ER in flight: “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 with just two weekly flights. 

Nairobi is a very popular destination for both business and leisure travellers, and is a gateway to many of the country’s major tourist attractions such as the Masai Mara and its east coast beaches. We anticipate that our additional capacity will stimulate further growth in both tourism and business traffic on the route,” said Orhan Abbas, Emirates Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Latin America, Southern and Central Africa.

Emirates EK 719 departs Dubai at 1045hrs and arrives in Nairobi at 1445hrs, while the return flight, EK 720, departs Nairobi at 1640hrs and arrives in Dubai at 2240hrs.

The second daily flight from Dubai, EK 721, leaves Dubai at 1610hrs and arrives in Nairobi at 2010hrs. The return flight EK 722 departs Nairobi at 2250hrs and arrives the next day in Dubai at 0450hrs.