Route rationalisation: Kenya Airways discontinues Hong Kong and Hanoi services

September 28, 2017: In a bid to improve its efficiency, Kenya Airways has announced rationalisation of routes in the upcoming winter schedule. In the new schedule, Kenya Airways will discontinue flights to Hong Kong and Hanoi, Vietnam, effective October 29, 2017.

This move will allow Kenya Airways to operate with a better schedule to Asia with a daily flight to Bangkok and Guangzhou. The airline will continue to serve Hong Kong and Hanoi through its partners.

This network change will also allow KQ to allocate more seats across its African network where the demand outlook remains strong and capacity insufficient on certain routes.

“This network decision will help Kenya Airways to strengthen its focus on Africa. We will continue to serve our customers to Asia through our direct flights to China and Thailand and work in close cooperation with our partners to cover the Asian continent” said Kenya Airways Commercial Director, Vincent Coste.

Kenya Airways, the struggling airline is in the process of restructuring to cut down on its losses, had sought help from the authorities recently.