New U.S–Africa codeshare
Kenya Airways and JetBlue announced a codeshare designed to streamline U.S.–Africa travel, expanding access from East Africa into more U.S. cities. The tie‑up aims to make connections easier for travelers between the U.S. and East Africa in coming schedules (travelandtourworld.com).
Kenya Airways published the agreement on March 11, 2026 and said the codeshare “launched earlier this month,” placing the announcement and effective start in early March 2026. (corporate.kenya-airways.com) The carrier described the arrangement as a unilateral codeshare under which Kenya Airways will place its KQ flight designator on JetBlue‑operated services out of New York’s JFK rather than a reciprocal, two‑way code swap. (corporate.kenya-airways.com) The agreement covers onward JetBlue sectors from JFK to ten U.S. and Caribbean points: Los Angeles (LAX), Chicago (ORD), San Francisco (SFO), Atlanta (ATL), Phoenix (PHX), Raleigh‑Durham (RDU), Orlando (MCO), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), West Palm Beach (PBI) and San Juan (SJU). (corporate.kenya-airways.com) Kenya Airways currently operates four weekly nonstop services between Nairobi (NBO) and New York JFK, which the airline cited as the operational foundation for the new feeder links. (travelweekly.com) The carriers say the tie‑up enables single‑ticket itineraries and coordinated connections — Kenya Airways explicitly highlighted through‑ticketing and smoother transfers for diaspora, diplomatic and leisure travel. (corporate.kenya-airways.com) JetBlue’s vice‑president of network planning, Dave Jehn, and Kenya Airways’ acting CEO, Captain George Kamal, framed the deal as strategic network expansion in statements released with the agreement. (corporate.kenya-airways.com)
