South Africa: US airline Delta Air Lines now offering flights to Cape Town via Nairobi!

Major US airline Delta Air Lines and Kenya's flag carrier, Kenya Airways, have expanded their codeshare agreement, increasing the choice of destinations offered by Delta Air Lines in Africa and extending Kenya Airways’ reach in North America via John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City. Through the enhanced agreement Delta-marketed codeshare flights are available on Kenya Airways’ services from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town (South Africa), RG Mugabe International Airport (HRE) Harare (Zimbabwe) and Kigali International Airport (KGL) in Kigali (Rwanda). It also enables Delta customers flying nonstop on the airline’s services from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Accra (Ghana) to connect with Delta-marketed codeshare flights to Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone) operated by Kenya Airways.
From John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Kenya Airways has placed its code on Delta Air Lines'  services to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, next to the border of Washington, D.C., as well as to Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in  Indianapolis, Indiana. Other destinations within the codeshare include Chicago in Illinois, Denver in Colorado, Orlando in Florida, Miami in Florida, Raleigh in North Carolina, Phoenix in Arizona and Charlotte in North Carolina.

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Ethiopian Airlines to launch a new service between Addis Ababa <> New York City!

Ethiopia's flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, will launch a new service between Bole International Airport (ADD) in Addis Ababa and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City via Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport (ABJ) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Effective 17 June 2019, the airline will operate three weekly return flights to New York City's primary international airport. With the addition of the new service to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to the already operating 4 weekly service to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), which serves the New York City - Philadelphia Urban Area, via Lomé–Tokoin Airport (LFW) in Lomé (Togo), Ethiopian Airlines will operate to New York daily. 

• ET 0512 - Addis Ababa 09:00 > 12:15 Abidjan (Mon, Wed, Sat)
• ET 0512 - Abidjan 13:15 > 20:00 JFK - New York (Mon, Wed, Sat)
• ET 0513 - JFK - New York 22:00 > 1:05 Abidjan (Mon, Wed, Sat)
• ET 0513 - Abidjan 13:05 > 22:00 Addis Ababa (Tue, Thu, Sun)

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Kenya Airways to increase flights between Nairobi <> New York!

Kenya's flag carrier, Kenya Airways, is set to increase the number of nonstop flights between  Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. From June 2019, the airline will operate seven weekly return flights instead of the current five weekly return flights to New York. In January 2019, Kenya Airways reduced the number of flights between the two destinations due to low demand from the seven to five a week.

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Turkish Airlines to introduce a third daily Istanbul <> New York flight

Good news for travellers looking for flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in the US to Africa. Turkey's flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, will introduce a third daily Istanbul <> New York flight as from May 2012.
Effective from 28 May to 16 September 2012, the summer schedule will include three daily services for this period. The additional flights will be operated with Airbus 330-300 and Boeing 777 aircraft.
Via its main hub in Istanbul, Turkish Airlines is currently offering flights to Nairobi (Kenya,) Entebbe (Uganda), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), as well as to Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa.
Turkish Airlines operates scheduled international flights to 146 international and 41 domestic cities (38 domestic airports), serving a total of 187 airports, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The airline's main base is at Atatürk International Airport in Istanbul.