RwandAir has begun its daily direct services between London Heathrow, Terminal 4 and Kigali as the airline grows to meet strong demand from the UK market. The additional direct flights mark a significant increase from the airline’s previous four-time weekly operation.

All flights will be operated by the airline’s modern wide-body A330 aircraft, with flight WB711 departing London at 9.20pm and arriving into Kigali at 7:00am the following morning.

The returning flights, WB710/712 alternates departure times, with the flight departing Kigali every other day, at 1:45am and 11:25pm, landing daily into Heathrow at 7:00am or 9:50am.

Return flights from London to Kigali start from £590.29 in Economy Class and £2,215.29 in Business Class, including all taxes and charges.

Customers travelling on the only direct flights between the two cities are offered a choice of flying in one of up to 30 fully lie-flat Business Class seats in a 1-2-1 configuration or their spacious Economy Class with up to 244 seats in a 2-4-2 configuration.

Yvonne Makolo, RwandAir CEO, said: “we have seen impressive growth in our north-south traffic, especially with our London Heathrow route. We are incredibly proud that our long-held plan for daily flights are finally underway”

“London has always been a special city for RwandAir, as our first European destination, following our inaugural flight to Gatwick in 2017.

“These direct daily flights are a testament to the growing demand from customers both in the UK and Africa, and we look forward to welcoming more visitors to our beautiful land of a thousand hills.”

Visitors from the UK have visa free access to Rwanda and can expect to experience an extraordinary range of wildlife and green, mountainous landscapes.

The airlines’ convenient schedule allows for easy connections through the Kigali hub, onto a wealth of destinations in Africa and the Middle East.

Customers flying with RwandAir can enjoy complimentary inflight dining, free drinks and great inflight entertainment on seat back video screens.

RwandAir offers a very generous baggage allowance with customers flying in Economy Class able to check-in two bags of 23kg each, while those flying in Business Class can check-in up to three bags of 23kg each.