Smooth connections push up Nairobi hub traffic

SINCE ITS launch in South Africa a year ago, Kencargo Airlines, the joint venture cargo sales and marketing organisation owned by Kenya Airways, KLM and Martinair Holland, has made significant inroads in its regional and intra Africa business, says regional sales manager Maarten Klijnstra. Kencargo Southern African offices are now open in Harare, Kinshasa, Lilongwe and Lusaka. At present they sell Kenya Airways’ cargo capacity. Kencargo Johannesburg represents Kenya Airways and Martinair Cargo in South Africa. A vital new service started on April 15 when Kencargo began selling the weekly Kenya Airways AN 12 freighter service from Nairobi to Lusaka and Lilongwe. Local import lead times have dropped substantially and this has stimulated the high level of inbound trade to Malawi and Zambia, says Klijnstra. “Malawian and Zambian exporters now have access to more capacity that caters for large flower and perishable shipments, dangerous goods and outsized cargo, and exporter support has been good on the northbound run. “Kencargo’s Nairobi cargo hub provides smooth connections to and from the Far East, Middle East, Europe, the USA and South America.”