Finally, cheap flights direct to the US

Delta will be the only carrier to operate service between North, East, South and West Africa and the United States and will operate from nine cities in seven African countries. Photo/FILE

Competition for the Nairobi- US route has taken on a new dimension after US-based, Delta Airlines announced direct flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, via Dakar, Senegal.

The airline, which is the only major US carrier that flies to Africa becomes the first to fly direct to the US from East Africa.