Kenya’s national airline, Kenya Airways, and Italy’s national airline, ITA Airways, became partners by entering into a codeshare agreement, to provide a wider selection of destinations and better connectivity via their hub airports to passengers.
Kenya Airways previously had a codeshare relationship with ITA Airways’ predecessor Alitalia.
Kenya Airways will place its KQ flight code (marketing code) on ITA Airways flights conveniently connecting to 13 destinations in Italy; Brindisi, Bologna, Bari, Catania, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Napoli, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Torino, Trieste, Venice, and Verona, through its three international European gateway destinations: Amsterdam, Paris, and London.
Julius Thairu, Chief Commercial and Customer Officer at Kenya Airways said of the partnership, “The new codeshare agreement between Kenya Airways and ITA Airways will give our customers significantly more choice and flexibility, allowing Kenya Airways to strengthen its global presence and build on its strong customer base across the continent. Partnering with ITA Airways represents yet another major step on our growth trajectory, and we hope to deliver more commitments like this to our customers very shortly.”
This is the latest agreement to be struck by Italy’s new flag-carrier since operations began in October this year.
Alitalia’s successor has already joined the SkyTeam alliance and signed codeshare partnerships with the likes of Air France, Air Serbia, Etihad, KLM, TAP Air Portugal and Delta Air Lines.
