{"id":751,"date":"2011-09-03T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T08:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandair-boeing-737-800-to-fly-nation-s-economy\/"},"modified":"2011-09-03T08:25:14","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T08:25:14","slug":"rwandair-boeing-737-800-to-fly-nation-s-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandair-boeing-737-800-to-fly-nation-s-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"RwandAir Boeing 737-800 to &#8216;Fly&#8217; Nation\u2019s Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{Boeing 737 means a common airliner found around the world. For many airlines, it is a reliable revenue-making machine.}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-563 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/boe_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>However, for others it is more than just the sum of its parts. For RwandAir and the country, it represents progress and national pride that no one can put a price tag to.<\/p>\n<p>An airlines reporter, David Parker Brown has described the importance of the new national  Boeing 737-800 with Sky Interior as the tool to drive the country\u2019s economic growth due to the fact that Rwanda  is landlocked.<\/p>\n<p>Brown says,\u201cRwanda is a country with a troubled past, but they have come so far in a very short period. It is a landlocked country, looking to grow. To successfully do so, they need a viable air transportation infrastructure,\u201d Brown underscores.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-564 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bei.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>CEO of RwandAir, John Mirenge also stated during the dinner at the launch  that he knows what aviation can do to change lives and nations, and hopes to continue to build RwandAir with additional aircrafts including the Boeing 787 Dream liner.<\/p>\n<p>He vowed to go back to Seattle for more aircrafts,\u201cWe will be regular visitors in this town. It is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RwandAir was established on 1 December 2002 as a joint venture between the government of Rwanda (77%) and Silverback Cargo Freighters (23%), under the name RwandAir Express and  started operations on 27 April 2003.<\/p>\n<p>It was rebranded from RwandAir Express in June 2009 and the new RwandAir added the tag line: \u201cfly our dreams to the heart of Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Airline hopes to reach 12 aircraft in the next five years and to 18 aircraft by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>RwandAir is compliant with International regulations. It is a registered IATA member, and has passed the IATA Operational Quality Standards (OQS) audit.<\/p>\n<p>It has interline agreements with various international carriers, who can issue RwandAir flights on their tickets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-565 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bei_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Boeing 737 means a common airliner found around the world. For many airlines, it is a reliable revenue-making machine.}} However, for others it is more than just the sum of its parts. For RwandAir and the country, it represents progress and national pride that no one can put a price tag to. An airlines reporter, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"byline":[158],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","byline-b_igi_adm1n"],"bylines":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","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":1}],"contributors":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","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":1}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}