Beginning 1 June 2007, Virgin Atlantic Airways will be launching its daily flight services between Heathrow and Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

The services will be operated by an Airbus A340-300 aircraft with 240 seats onboard -34 Upper Class, 35 Premium Economy and 171 Economy. Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Atlantic, said..

“I am delighted that we are able to launch another new route in 2007, enabling us to offer passengers with more choice and a larger route network. Nairobi is Virgin Atlantic’s fourth service to the African continent and it is expanding at a vast rate.

Passenger numbers have doubled over the past five years and we predict its popularity will continue to grow in the years to come.”

Around 500,000 people fly to Nairobi each year to enjoy the beautiful Kenyan scenery and wildlife it has to offer at its outstanding game reserves with large numbers of passengers also flying to and from America, via London.

It is also the leading hub for east Africa providing a gateway for the whole of East Africa and the India Ocean and Nairobi is an important city in its own right with many international institutions based there.

Nairobi is now the fourth country that Virgin Atlantic’s flies to in Africa. It already flies to Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria.

Is is expected that the airline will charge about US$750 (€560) for an economy ticket including taxes, US$200 (€150) less than current ticket prices on British Airways and others.

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