Rwandair plans to make Kigali a central hub to boost regional service

RwandAir Plans to develop its regional route network by making Kigali International Airport a central hub, given its geographical position right at the heart of Africa. RwandAir CEO Yvonne Manzi Makolo spoke about increasing the airline's operations with new aircraft, new regional routes, and a new focus on cargo operations. With Rwanda located at the heart of Africa, Kigali Airport can be developed into a central hub for African destinations and as an alternative to East-African airports like Entebbe and Jomo Kenyatta. Although RwandAir has a growing international route network serving London, Brussels, Doha, Dubai, and Mumbai, regional routes have proved to be the most profitable for the carrier. The airline has proliferated since it began operations 20 years ago, and the CEO is very excited about it. She said in the interview; "Rwanda is lucky to be strategically placed right in the heart of Africa, and given the opportunities within the African continent, it's still a completely underserved area, we believe there's a lot of opportunity to really connect African countries with each other. We have a lot of fifth-freedom flights as well, and as we develop them, we move them to point-to-point flights. So as I said, it's worked well. And we continue operating in that way, starting with return flights and then building them out to direct flights.”<br/>