Rwandair launches Mumbai service in S17

RwandAir, the flag carrier of Rwanda, will start services to BOM from 3 April 2017. The thrice weekly service will be operated by a Boeing 737-800 - one of the worlds longest routes on a 737 (8 hours eastbound)

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WB 500/501 will operate thrice weekly between Kigali International Airport and Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. The African carrier had earlier announced the route was to be operated four times a week by one of their newly Acquired Airbus A330s. The flight was supposed to launch in September 2016 and was to have a halt at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is unclear what prompted the change in equipment or if the A330 will be deployed at a later date.