With the new destination, RwandAir will operate four times a week.
RwandAir’s 75-seater Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen which made the career’s maiden flight landed in Cape Town last week.
Kigali-Harare-Cape Town is the 26throute of Rwanda’s career in Africa, Europe and Asia.
RwandAir has had Harare flights four times a week, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
RwandAir South Africa Country Manager, Thembela Dladla said that opening Kigali-Harare-Cape Town route has been so long planned as Cape Town is destination sought by everyone on the continent.
Last year, RwandAir started London, United Kingdom flights and plans to enter Israel, New York, United States of America and Guangzhou, China skies in 2018.
The Official Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape (Wesgro) Chief Executive Officer, Tim Harris welcomed the introduction of new route saying that it will benefit Cape Town.
“We welcome the introduction of the direct route from Kigali via Harare to Cape Town. Not only does this facilitate improved business and tourism between the two Capitals, but further positions the Cape as a gateway to Africa,” said Tim Harris.
In a press release, the Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde said that the route opens new opportunities for business and tourism sector.
“This route opens up new opportunities for business and the tourism sector. Rwanda is one of the fastest growing economies on the continent and Zimbabwe holds a lot of potential for development and we hope that by opening up access between Cape Town, Kigali and Harare, it will be easier to explore these possibilities,” Winde said.
RwandAir enters Cape Town few days after the Government of Rwanda and South Africa committed to revitalize the relations. When South Africa’s President Cyrill Ramaphosa was in Kigali in March for the signing of Continental Free Trade Area, he agreed to address challenges of visas for Rwandans entering South Africa territory.
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