RwandAir Enters New African Markets

Posted 17/05/2011

African flag carrier RwandAir inaugurated flights between its Kigali base and Gabonese capital Libreville last weekend, a route that is operating as a triangular service alongside its exiting Brazzaville connection, launched earlier this year.  The link is operating three times weekly, twice on the Kigali – Libreville – Brazzaville – Kigali routing and once in the opposite direction.  It is using a Bombardier CRJ200 on the route.

RwandAir is also to expand in the domestic market with a new four times weekly link from Kigali to Gisenyi, a city in Rubavu district in the Western Province of Rwanda close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The new service will start from May 31 and will be operated using a Bombardier Dash 8-Q400.  The Rwandan carrier currently serves 14 destinations across Africa and the Middle East (a three times weekly connection to Dubai via Mombasa) using a mixed fleet of Boeing 737s, CRJ200 and Dash 8 equipment.

Schedule:

Kigali – Libreville – Brazzaville – Kigali
WB213 KGL0130 – 0350LBV0450 – 0630BZV0730 – 1110KGL CRJ 25
WB215 KGL1100 – 1230BZV1310 – 1450LBV1630 – 1950KGL CRJ 6

Kigali – Gisenyi
WB217 KGL1030 – 1100GYI DH8 x346
WB218 GYI1130 – 1200KGL DH8 x346

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