{"id":47883,"date":"2023-04-18T12:32:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandair-to-commence-direct-flights-to-paris\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T08:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T08:54:25","slug":"rwandair-to-commence-direct-flights-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandair-to-commence-direct-flights-to-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"RwandAir to commence direct flights to Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Business Traveller, the service will operate thrice weekly starting on June 27, departing Kigali on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 00:30 and arriving in Paris at 09:30. <\/p>\n<p>On the same days, the return flight will leave Paris at 21:30, arriving in Kigali at 06:00 the next day. <\/p>\n<p>The carrier&#8217;s new route will be the only non-stop service connecting Rwanda and France, complementing the current non-stop flights to London Heathrow. <\/p>\n<p>As part of the airline&#8217;s growth plan, it aims to increase its fleet size over the next five years and establish a new base at Bugesera International Airport. <\/p>\n<p>The airport&#8217;s first phase is projected to open in 2026, and RwandAir is also examining the possibility of joining the Oneworld alliance. <\/p>\n<p>The CEO of RwandAir, Yvonne Makolo has told Business Traveller that the direct flight to Paris is a significant development for the airline&#8217;s expansion and a testament to the importance of the French-Rwandan relationship, connecting two continents via its home hub in Kigali. <\/p>\n<p>She added that French travellers can anticipate a warm welcome onboard.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47376 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_-27-8e9b1.jpg\" alt=\"RwandAir is set to commence three weekly direct flights to Paris.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{RwandAir has revealed its plans to introduce direct flights from Kigali to Paris, the capital of France for the first time. } <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47883"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47883"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}