Emirates will add a third daily flight between Dubai and Nairobi from June 1, 2017.

The new non-stop flight will be operated with a Boeing 777-300ER.

According to the carrier, the flight will provide an additional 16 tonnes of cargo capacity for Kenyan exports such as flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables, and imports such as mobile phones, pharmaceuticals and garments.

Emirates launched services to Kenya in October 1995 and currently flies twice daily to the capital with 777-300ERs.

The airline also flies to Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam and Entebbe in East Africa.

The schedule for the new flight is as follows.