TUI to Resume Flight Operation in Kenya from November

TUI Netherlands, a Dutch based airline is set to resume operations in Kenya from November 2017.

The move comes after the airline decided to resume operation in Mombasa after three years of suspending them due to reported increased insecurity cases in the country in 2014.

In a statement by Karm Kreulen, Director KLM Netherlands said that it will book its Kenya-bound customers on three weekly KLM flights in a partnership focusing on tourists taking package trips. The schedule of flights will make a brief stop at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi where the passengers on charter tickets will board a Kenya Airways (KLM’s partner) plane.

The statement further noted that the market for package trips is one segment where there are plenty of opportunities, particularly in view of the many new destinations KLM has added to its network in recent years

TUI, which is based in Netherlands’ main airport Schipol International, has cut a niche for itself in the airline industry by organizing package trips that handle clients flight bookings, transfers, and hotel bookings.

In Kenya, the charter airline arranges trips for customers to visit various top destinations including the coastal towns of Mombasa and Diani as well as the Maasai Mara National Reserve.

The government has resorted to signing charter deals with various airlines, offering them, as well as travel agents and tour operators, various incentives in a bid to woo back tourists.

The resumption of flights by TUI will, therefore, be a much-needed boost to the industry.

“By combining our strengths, we will generate further growth, with new destinations and more passenger capacity,” Arjan Kers, TUI Netherlands’ general manager, said in a statement.

“This means we can offer our travelers a more varied range of holiday options.”