SAA, Kenya Airways signal new codeshare deal

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South African Airways (SAA) and Kenya Airways have signed a new codeshare settlement. 

The deal enables travellers to mix flight segments and baggage on a one ticket as the codeshare agreement will see each airline offer, below its possess code, flights operated by every single other.

It will sleek journey out of SA to African destinations which includes Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Mombasa, and Kisumu. According to Kenya Airways, the progress of this partnership could also see the addition of Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Juba, Douala, Lusaka, and locations in Ghana and Nigeria, topic to governing administration acceptance.

Kenya Airways travellers will have a lot more possibilities or journey into Southern Africa, which includes to Cape City, Durban, and Harare.

SAA passengers will nonetheless be able to receive Voyager Miles on the new codeshare flights. 

SAA stated it would challenge a assertion of its own in thanks study course. 

In November 2021, SAA and KQ signed a Strategic Partnership Framework to function collectively to enhance passenger website traffic, cargo prospects, and standard trade. Kenya Airways sees the codeshare settlement as improving the strategic partnership options. SAA has stressed that the Strategic Partnership Framework is not a merger of the two airlines.

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