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Browsing: boosting trade between Africa and Middle East
- KQ Cargo has entered into a codesharing agreement with Astral Aviation to boost trade between Africa and the Middle East
- The codesharing deal is the first of its kind in Africa, and it would boost trade and commodity movement from the Middle East into Africa by leveraging the strengths of the two cargo operators
- Kenya Airways and Astral Aviation have had a commercial and interline cooperation for cargo for the past 20 years
Kenya Airways cargo unit (KQ Cargo) has entered into a codesharing agreement with Astral Aviation to boost trade between Africa and the Middle East. The codesharing deal is the first of its kind in Africa.
KQ said it would put its codeshare flight numbers on Astral Aviation flights originating from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates into Nairobi for onward distribution within Africa.
The agreement by the two leading cargo operators on the African continent is expected …