Following years of failed audits and months of delay after the last audit finally put Jomo Kenyatta International Airport into the pass section, news has emerged overnight that Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has at last been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the coveted Category 1 status.
While it may take some time before actual direct flights will be launched, most likely by Kenya Airways and their SkyTeam alliance partner Delta, the legal foundation is now taken care of. Carriers wishing to offer direct or nonstop flights now have to get designation from their respective home countries and then apply for landing rights, in Kenya for Nairobi and possibly Mombasa, and in the United States at an airport of their choice.
Zimbalwa izikhululo zeenqwelo moya e-Afrika ezinale nqanaba lokuthotyelwa kwemiqathango ye-US, phakathi kwazo i-Addis Ababa, i-Johannesburg, ne-Casablanca ukubiza iindawo eziphambili zeenqwelomoya, kunye ne-Nairobi ukujoyina le klabhu yodwa ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kunceda ukunyusa ukhenketho kunye norhwebo.
I-United States sele ivele kulo nyaka uphelileyo njengeyona ndawo inkulu yentengiso yaseKenya kubakhenkethi, igqitha e-UK ukusuka apho iinqwelomoya eziya eMombasa zingekabuyeli kumanqanaba eminyaka edlulileyo.
Njengoko oku kuye kwaba luphuhliso lweendaba ezisasazayo, abachaphazelekayo kukhenketho abakhange babenalo ixesha lokusabela okwangoku.
