Kenya Airways has signed a new code-share agreement with United Arab Emirates' national airline Etihad. Under the agreement, the deal will initially give Kenya Airways customers 32 connecting destinations on Etihad Airways global network daily.

The connections are between Nairobi and Abu Dhabi, to North Asia, South East Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Australia.

Etihad Airways will benefit from Kenya Airways flights from Abu Dhabi to Nairobi, and onwards to 27 destinations across the Kenya Airways network in East, West & Southern Africa.

Kenya Airways will also launch a new three times a week service between Nairobi and Abu Dhabi June this year.