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 izikhumulo zezindiza e-Afrika ezinaleli zinga lokugunyazwa lokuthobela izimfuno zase-US, phakathi kwazo i-Addis Ababa, i-Johannesburg, ne-Casablanca ukubiza izikhungo zezindiza ezibalulekile, kanye neNairobi ukujoyina le kilabhu ekhethekile akungabazeki ukuthi kuzosiza ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha nezohwebo.
I-United States isivele yavela ngonyaka odlule njengemakethe yemithombo yezivakashi enkulu kunazo zonke eKenya, idlula i-UK lapho izindiza eziqashiwe eziya eMombasa zingakabuyeli emazingeni eminyaka edlule.
Njengoba lokhu kube yizindaba ezisematheni, abathintekayo kwezokuvakasha abakabi naso isikhathi sokusabela kulesi sigaba.
