Kenya Airways renews interline deal with China Southern Airlines

Kenya Airways (KQ) on Thursday said it has renewed an interline agreement with China Southern Airlines (CZ) to improve connectivity and access from Africa to and from various cities in the Asian nation.

The Kenyan airline said the agreement would assist in restoring connectivity for both airlines’ passengers to points on the respective carriers’ networks via Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Guangzhou and Shanghai cities in China,  using a single ticket and one baggage policy.

“China Southern passengers will also benefit from access to Kenya Airways network seamless connections to cities beyond Nairobi to African destinations such as Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Kigali, Kinshasa, Bujumbura, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Douala, Mauritius, and other points,” Kenya Airways said in a statement  in Nairobi.

It said the reciprocal agreement enhanced the connectivity options that KQ would offer to its passengers through access to domestic China destinations operated by China Southern such as Shanghai, Chongqing, Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Fuzhou, Hefei, Hangzhou, Nanchang.

While, orders included Kunming, Guiyang, Ningbo, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenyang, Shantou, Sanya, Qingdao, Jinan, Tianjin.

According to the Kenyan airline, international destinations operated by China Southern will include Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Penang, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Auckland and Melbourne.