French national carrier Air France will resume flights between Paris and Nairobi from next March after an 18-year hiatus, signalling rising travel demand on routes connecting the Kenyan capital to global cities.The great return, was announced Monday, and it will bring to a close the airline’s reliance on code-shared flights with its partners for the Nairobi route.The French carrier will operate three weekly flights for the route deploying a Boeing 787-9 aircraft.The carrier previously served Nairobi until March 2000.“Air France in summer 2018 season plans to resume service to Kenya, as the Skyteam member schedules Paris CDG — Nairobi operation. From 25 March 2018, Boeing 787-9 aircraft will operate this route three times a week. Reservation for this route opened late last week,” the company said in a notice.Several major global airlines have been resuming flights into Kenya in recent years in a sign of increased passenger demand.Other good news, Air India, has also announced plans to resume its flights to Nairobi later this year, seven years after it withdrew from the route.Dutch-based charter airline TUI Netherlands also said it is set to resume operations to Mombasa in November, three years after it suspended the service due to insecurity.

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