{A RwandAir Boeing 737-800, named Kalisimbi, has taken off from Kigali to Mumbai, India, around 00:40 this morning carrying over 80 passengers. } <\/p>\n
The Boeing 737-800 154 sitter including 16 VIPs has wireless internet and is the first of its kind in Africa. <\/p>\n
Starting from today, RwandaAir will fly seven hours direct to Mumbai unlike the past where the aircraft would consecutively land in various countries before reaching India. <\/p>\n
Gobena Mikael, the RwandAir Commercial Manager, has told the media that the travel has been cut down from 11 to 7 hours. He explained that it will contribute a lot to business, cooperation and free movement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is of great value to have travel hours reduced withh direct flights to Mumbai,\u201d he said.
\nHe explained that the average travel costs from Kigali- Mumbai has been cut down from USD 1500 and 2000 to USD 600 to execute the performance contract of connecting Africa to other continents. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis has eased transactions of Indian investors and Rwandans running business in India. I believe RwandaAir is going to accentuate progress of cooperation and business transactions between both countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
RwandAir will fly directly to India on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It will also take off from Mumbai to Kigali on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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