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While it was initially created as a means of transporting people who wanted to Abandon many of the usual trappings For a few hours between nearby cities, low-cost airlines are increasingly expanding to cover large areas of the world and flying longer and longer distances between continents.
Both have been launched in the past three years, Reykjavik-based Play and Oslo-based Norse Atlantic Airways. (NRSAF) Flights were offered for passengers between East Coast of the United States and European Capitals Such as London, Paris and Amsterdam for $250 each way as basic fare while the latter price was recently reduced It was also launched A new 5,188-mile flight between London and Cape Town, South Africa.
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The African continent in general has landed on the radar of many airlines in 2024. In early May 2024, Delta Air Lines (D) He announced that it would be recovery New York-Lagos route discontinued by United Airlines in 2022 (Arabic) It was launched recently New flights to Ghana and South Africa from several American cities.
CEO says this marks ‘the beginning of a new journey into Africa’
In Asia, AirAsia, the continent’s largest low-cost carrier, plans to start operating a gleaming new route between its home base in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and Nairobi in Kenya on November 15, 2024, on an Airbus 330. (IDSV) Wide body aircraft.
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“It marks the beginning of a new journey into Africa, and while our roots are in Asia and ASEAN, our dream has always been to make Kuala Lumpur a global hub for low-cost transport,” AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes said in a statement. “This expansion brings us closer to that vision, and gives us a strong foundation to build global connections and opportunities.”
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While several major Asian airlines already operate flights to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the new flight is the first low-cost option into the country from Malaysia. The flight will take less than nine hours and, according to Fernandes, was also chosen as a way to make Malaysia a stopover for travelers looking to reach Kenya from other parts of the world. The airline has not yet announced the approximate costs of a flight on the airline; As of July 2024, a late-summer economy flight from Kuala Lumpur to Nairobi with a stopover at Hamad Airport in Doha costs RM3,224 (about US$688) on the Malaysia Airlines website.
“This route represents excellent connectivity opportunities to other key markets we serve, including Australia, China, South Korea, Japan and Thailand,” he continued. “Travelers across the region can now travel more cheaply to Kenya, with a convenient stopover in Kuala Lumpur.”
A recent travel report by investment and branding firm Fidelity IPX 1031 found that the average ticket price to an African city from a North American city is $1,497 — up just 1% from last year but well above the $1,212 cost to reach Europe, $794 to South America and $628 to the Caribbean. Largely because of the distance, there are currently no low-cost airlines operating flights between the United States and Africa.
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