Finally came the big day of the launch of an aerial collage that, especially if lasting and improved, could facilitate tourism and the stay of many Italians in Malindi, Watamu and Mambrui.
Kenya Airways inaugurates the Nairobi-Rome route with an evening connection to Malindi and announces a special offer for the whole month of June.
You can travel from Rome to Nairobi with only € 358 round trip and from Rome to Malindi, via Nairobi with € 448.
In the latter case, however, the connection to the return could be a bit longer, because you have to leave from Malindi at 5.10 am and from Nairobi to Rome at midnight of the same day. As for the following months, on the website of the Kenyan national airline prices change from day to day, even significantly, there are those who booked for late July at less than 600 euros and those who could not find a return flight under 1000 euros on the dates he sought. The Italian entrepreneurs who have always pushed for the reintroduction of this promotional flight (few really can say that they still believe in it and work at every level, from Roberto Marini to Pasquale Tiritò, from Roberto Lenzi to us at malindikenya.net) are now trying to ask Kenya Airways to correct certain inconsistencies in the schedules and organization of the routes (which twice a week also include Geneva, as a stopover). The good news is that the company is preparing for a major change at the top that could promote a dialogue that in the past has always been problematic, at least for those who have carried out the demands of the Malindi destination.
Important will be, however, the feedback of the month of August.
Anyone who cares about the possibility of having more flights and more connections to and from Malindi, should now prefer this flight, even spending a few more euros. It would be important to show that you can and must fly directly to the coastal town instead of landing in Mombasa and endure the well-known hours of road just two lanes.