India's international carrier Jet Airways and Kenya Airways, the national carrier of Kenya, today announced an expansion of their existing cooperation.

The expanded deal includes codeshares on Jet Airways' domestic flights between Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, in order to enhance connectivity choices for guests while travelling from Kenya into India.

Through this agreement, Kenya Airways will place its flight code (KQ) on Jet Airways' seven daily flights between Mumbai and New Delhi, five daily flights from Mumbai to Ahmedabad and five daily flights between Mumbai and Hyderabad for travel effective Nov 15, 2016.

The arrangement continues to include Jet Airways' code (9W) on Kenyan's double daily flights on the Mumbai – Nairobi route, allowing Jet Airways’ guests to connect to other onward destinations in Africa.

Jet Airways is India's premier international airline which operates flights to 66 destinations, including India and overseas.

It currently operates a fleet of 114 aircraft, comprising Boeing 777-300 ERs, Airbus A330-200/300, Boeing 737NGs and ATR 72-500/600s.