From September, Kenya Airways will operate between Nairobi and Gaborone three times a week in code-share with Air Botswana. The Kenya connection is widely welcomed as a boost to intra-African travel, trade and tourism. Gaborone becomes the 35th African destination on the Kenya Airways timetable.

The Nairobi hub is significant also for Air Botswana because the Kenya Airways alliance with Air France and KLM extends the East African carrier’s overseas network to include Amsterdam, Bangkok, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai and Paris.