False l Cape Town l Stockholmll lCopenhagen Helsinki St Petersburg lMoscow lKiev lWarsaw lBucharest l l l lAthens Budapest Vienna Barcelona lM Lisbonladrid Frankfurt lTehran llDamascus lAmman lKuwait ll Bahrain Dharan lNew Delhi lAlma- Ata lBeijing Seoul Osakal Tokyo l Shanghai lTaipei lManila Kuala Lumpur l Oslol l Seychelles Kinshasa l Abidjan l Accra Lusaka l lKano l Mumbai l Hong Kong l Jakarta Singapore l l Tel Avivl Beirut Abu DhabiGuangzhou l l l Dubai Douala Yaounde l Lagos l Kigali l l Cairo l Maputo Bujumbura l Harare l Lubumbashi l Abuja l l Bamako l l Nice l msafiri 165 Boeing 737- 300 Q Aircraft 4 Q Seats Economy 100, Premier 16 Q Crew 7 Q Seat pitch Economy 32”, Premier 40” Q Max. take- off weight 62,442kg Q Fuel capacity 20,124 litres Q Range 4,074km Q Typical cruising speed at 35,000ft 797km/ h Q Thrust per engine at sea level 22,000lbs Q Wing span 28.9m Q Length 33.4m Q Interior cabin width 3.53m Boeing 737- 800 Q Aircraft 2 Q Seats Economy 129, Premier 16 Q Crew 8 Seat pitch ????????????????????????? Economy 32”, Premier 47”? Q Max. take- off weight 79,010kg Q Fuel capacity 26,020 litres Q Range 5,665km Q Typical cruising speed at 35,000ft 0.785 Mach Q Thrust per engine at sea level 27,300lbs Q Wing span 34.3m Q Length 39.5m Q Interior cabin width 3.53m Milan Tripoli l Addis Ababa Dakar l Rome Kenya Airways KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NEW ROUTE Kenya Airways Embraer 170 Q Aircraft 2 Q Seats Economy 72 Q Crew 2 Q Seat pitch Economy 32” Q Max. take- off weight 35,990kg Q Fuel capacity 20.576lbs Q Range 3,704km Q Cruising speed 0.82 Mach Q Thrust per engine at sea level 14,200lbs Q Wing span 26m Q Length 29.9m Q Interior cabin width 2.74m l Doha l l l l l Djibouti l Asmara l Bangkok l Korean Air Johannesburg l l Lilongwe Kilimanjaro l Khartoum l l Freetown Mombasa l Comoros/ Mayotte Dar es Salaam Zanzibar l Nairobil Monrovia l l Entebbe l l Cotonou l Paris London l l Lyon l AMSTERDAM l

False ALGERIA MAURITANIA MALINIGER LIBYA EGYPT SUDAN MOROCCO WESTERN SAHARA SIERRA LEONE burkina faso NIGERIA ghana CAMEROON CHAD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO GAMBIA LIBERIA ANGOLA ZAMBIA NAMIBIA BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA ZIMBABWE ETHIOPIA MADAGASCAR Victoria l l Kinshasa INDIAN OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN MEDITERRANEAN SEA RED SEA TOGO Kampala l benin congo malawi To Amsterdam To London Harare l GUINEA SENEGAL Abidjan l Lusaka l Johannesburg l KENYA Bamako l Dakar l CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ERITREA l Addis Ababa Khartouml Asmara l To Paris l Djibouti l Maputo msafiri 166 Q VITAL STATISTICS Accra (‘ ants’ in Akan) has a population of around 2.2 million. Around 50% are Christian and 15% Muslim, while many people also follow indigenous religions. Q BEARINGS The city centre is at its busiest close to the oceanfront around the banking district of High Street and the nearby Makola Market ( pictured above). Cheap shared ‘ line’ taxis and tro- tros ( minibuses) provide the usual means of getting around. Q SPEAK English is Ghana’s official language, while numerous local languages including Ga, Ewe and Twi are also widely spoken. Q CLIMATE Southern Ghana experiences two distinct rainy seasons ( March/ April– June and September– October). Q SEE the National Museum of Ghana, home to one of the best historical collections in West Africa. The vibrant Makola Market and Jamestown distict are also worth exploring. Q EAT fufu ( fermented cassava), kenkey ( maize-flour balls) and ‘ grasscutter’ ( a large rodent). Q DRINK fermented palm wine ( ntunkum or nsa) and akpeteshie, a powerful local firewater. Q VISIT the colonial- era Aburi Botanical Gardens, 37km north of Accra, with fine forest views and a pleasantly cool climate. Q READ All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes ( Virago), Maya Angelou’s account of her two- year sojourn in newly- independent Ghana. NEW ROUTE Lubumbashi l Cairo l burundi GABON SEYCHELLES Douala l l Yaounde EQUATORIAL GUINEA Kigali l rwanda Bujumbura l Freetown l To Guangzhou UGANDA Getting to know ACCRA WORDS GAVIN THOMAS & MAYOTTE COMOROS l l Lagos COTE D’IVOiRE Monrovia l Accra l l Entebbel precision airways l NAIROBI lKilimanjaro To Bangkok To Mumbai SOMALIA lMalindi l Zanzibar lMombasa Dubail MOZAMBIQUE l Lilongwe l Blantyre l mtwara l Lindi TANZANIA lTabora l Kigoma lShinyanga lMusoma l Dar es Salaam lMwanza lBukoba lArusha/ Kili Cotonou AFRICA NETWORK Explore KQ’s extensive direct route network FLIGHT ROUTES TUNISIA Ali Mobasser/ PHOTOLIBRARY. COM