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Charter flights resume to Kenya
African Safari Airways has re-started weekly flights to Kenya to serve beach, safari holidays and a cruise ship.
Flights from Gatwick will run on Saturdays until April 26 using the African Safari Club’s 233-passenger Airbus A310 – the first since disputed elections in the country prompted the cancellation of holidays on Foreign Office advice.
The resumption of charter flights follows travel advice being renewed by the Foreign Office on Friday. Travellers are still advised to “exercise extreme caution” when visiting Kenya.
ASC’s sales marketing and business development director Daniel Sykes said: “Following the cancellation of all UK registered charter flights to Kenya, hundreds of our existing customers have been left without flights.
“All of our hotels are situated along the coast, some distance north of Mombasa, and we are in constant liaison with our hotel managers, who have reported that since the unrest begun all has remained calm and customers are enjoying their holidays.
“In fact, nearly all of the areas affected by the unrest are over 350 miles from our hotels, approximately the same distance as London to Glasgow.”
African Safari Club is contacting existing customers to advise them of their revised flight details.
Sykes added: “The majority of our existing customers who have been contacted are happy that their holidays are still going ahead.
“Further to this, we are also able to offer flights and holidays to those who have had their holidays cancelled by other tour operators who are no longer flying.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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