New India service offers speedy transit

KENCARGO HAS launched a rapid airfreight service from South Africa to India following the restructuring of its schedules by Kenya Airways’ schedules to ensure that transhipment consignments are grounded for no longer than two-hours in Nairobi. With 10 flights a week out of Johannesburg, the service now has ample capacity, providing a weekly uplift of 52 tons from South Africa. “Asia as a whole is picking up nicely,” says Kencargo’s southern Africa marketing manager Maarten Klijnsta. “We have been targeting the South Africa to Asia market, and good consignments have been booked through the network and associated airlines to Bangkok and Hong Kong.” The Kenya Airways freighter service from Nairobi to various central African destinations is also proving popular with South African businesses, he says. The success of the Nairobi-Lilongwe/Lusaka and Nairobi/Mwanza services encouraged the addition of a weekly Nairobi-Bujumbura/ Kigali operation. These services in conjunction with Kenya Airways’ B767 flights from Johannesburg to Nairobi have enabled better connectivity for large shipments from South Africa to these destinations. At present 60% of South African exports transfer to Kenya Airways’ network destinations beyond Nairobi. Major destinations include Lagos, Dubai, Mumbai, Bujumbura, Kigali, Dar Es Salaam, Mwanza, Entebbe, Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Cairo, Accra, Abidjan and Kinshasa.