With the carrier recognised as Africa’s Leading Airline by voters at the World Travel Awards, Breaking Travel News here talks with Vincent Coste, commercial director, Kenya Airways, to find out what it means to pick up this prestigious honour.

Kenya Airways and Amadeus have renewed a long-term content agreement that sees the African carrier facilitate consumer choice by making its full range of travel offers accessible to Amadeus’ global travel agency community.

Jet Airways and Kenya Airways have expanded their existing cooperation by including codeshares on Jet Airways’ domestic flights between Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, in order to enhance connectivity choices for guests while travelling from Kenya into India. Through this agreement, Kenya Airways will place its flight code on Jet Airways’ seven daily flights between Mumbai and New Delhi, five daily flights from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and five daily flights between Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Industry leading carrier Kenya Airways has been appointed Co-Sponsor of the upcoming World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2016. The event will welcome hundreds of hospitality leaders from across the regions to Diamonds La Gemma dell’Est in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on April 9th.

Travelport and Kenya Airways, the national airline of Kenya, have announced the extension of their multi-year, full content agreement. The agreement means that Travelport-connected agents worldwide will have continued access to effectively search, compare and book Kenya Airways’ full range of fares and optional services via Travelport’s industry-leading Travel Commerce Platform.

Breaking Travel News here catches up with Kenya Airways chief executive Dr Titus Naikuni at the IATA AGM in Doha to discuss the launch of the airline’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner this month. Reporter Phil Blizzard also explores the new Kenya Airways route into Abuja from Nairobi.