Rwanda: Brussels Airlines Offers Connections to India, China
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Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali)
14 July 2008
Posted to the web 14 July 2008
Kigali
Travelers from Rwanda going to India and China by Brussels Airlines will not need to connect to other flights - thanks to a new partnership that the Belgian carrier has established, RNA reports.
With comfortable connection times, Brussels Airlines' passengers in several African countries where it operates can easily travel to 3 major Indian cities as well as to the Chinese capital every day via Brussels.
Passengers will now be able to travel directly onwards to Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Chennai (Madras) or Beijing after code-share agreements with Jet Airways and Hainan Airlines, Brussels Airlines said in a statement.
The Belgian carrier has three flights per week direct from Kigali to Brussels. It is the same firm that is in the tendered its bid for a majority stake in Rwandair Express - the local carrier.
Rwanda, like the other regional countries is home to a significant Indian community with an increasing presence of Chinese nationals. Rwanda has also been sending hundreds of students for education to India and China.
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China too is a major investor in Africa and has been served via Brussels for the last 2 years. Every week, Brussels Airlines says 5 flights are offered to Beijing, city of the Olympic Games 2008.
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