Airline RwandAir will soon launch daily direct services between London’s Heathrow airport and Kigali, as it continues to expand its European network and meet additional demand for UK flights.

The African airline, which has been operating from London since 2017, will increase capacity on its London Heathrow route from October 29, with the addition of a new daily service.

The new direct flights, which are on sale from July 21, will operate daily, a significant increase from the airline’s current four-weekly operation.

Flight WB711 departs the British capital at 20:30 each evening, arriving at RwandAir’s home hub at 07:00 the following morning.

Returning flight WB710 departs Kigali each evening at 23:35, arriving in London at 06:20 the following morning.

Customers travelling to the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’, will experience RwandAir’s Airbus A330, which offers a choice of flying in one of up to 30 fully lie-flat business class seats or its economy class, which has up to 244 seats.

“London is an incredibly important market for RwandAir, so we are excited to be adding direct daily flights from our home in Kigali to London Heathrow.

“Having first launched flights to the British capital in 2017, we have continued to build our presence following strong demand from customers here in the UK and Africa,” says CEO Yvonne Makolo.

“We know these new daily direct flights will offer customers the convenience and connectivity which they have long asked for, and look forward to welcoming more visitors to Rwanda.”

The airline’s schedule also allows for connections through Kigali and on to destinations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

The airline has flown between London and Kigali since May 2017 via an indirect service through Brussels, having launched flights from London Gatwick on May 26, 2017.

In 2020, after three successful years of operations, the African carrier airline made the decision to switch flights to the UK’s busiest airport London Heathrow, before making flights direct in late 2022.