Africa World Airlines (AWA) has signed an interline SPA agreement with Nairobi-based Kenya Airways.
The partnership will provide passengers with flight connections from the Kenya Airways network to various points in the domestic Ghanaian market and the West African region.
Kenya Airways Chief Commercial and Customer Officer, Julius Thairu said that the growth of air travel in Africa is hinged on partnerships and collaboration that open up the continent.
“The agreement between Kenya Airways and Africa World Airlines underpins our commitment to provide greater connectivity and market access in the West African region and across Africa. The future of travel will be drawn from a sustainable, interconnected, and affordable Air Transport industry in Africa through partnerships and collaboration that drive the growth Africa’s travel industry,” said Mr Thairu.
“Africa World Airlines (AWA) is delighted to partner with Kenya Airways to connect passengers to and from West Africa via its domestic and regional routes. The partnership is a one-way interline agreement allowing travellers on Africa World Airlines increased options to and from domestic points in Ghana and other selected destinations in West Africa onto Kenya Airways’ extensive network in Africa and beyond. This is in line with Africa World Airlines’ strategy of providing an extended network of destinations to its cherished passengers through partnerships.
Our combined networks will allow our customers the convenience of seamless onward connectivity to and from the Kenya Airways network onto Africa World Airlines’ network. It is imperative that we continue to interlink Africa and allow access within Africa for our passengers,” Adedayo Olawuyi, Head of Commercial for Africa World Airlines noted in a press release published on the company’s website.
The SPA interline agreement will provide passengers with flight connections from various points in the domestic Ghanaian market and the West African region through Accra, Ghana onto the Kenya Airways network to Nairobi and beyond.