Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to resume Nairobi-New York direct flights from October 29, the airline has announced.

KQ said it will initially operate two weekly flights (Wednesday and Sunday) on the Nairobi-New York route before increasing the frequency to three times a week (Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday).

"We look forward to hosting you onboard our flights to your favorite destinations when you are ready to travel," KQ said in a statement.

The direct flights to the US was inaugurated in October 2018, cutting the journey to 15 hours.

As of October last year, KQ had completed 594 flights to and from New York, flying at least 105,084 passengers.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202010050789.html