I-Rome Fiumicino ijongeka ngathi iyakwamkela ukubuyela komnye umsila obalulekileyo ngeli hlobo, njengoko i-Kenya Airways iceba ukumilisela iinqwelo-moya ezi-787 ngeveki eziya ngqo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esivela eNairobi ngoJuni.
IKenya Airways yayikade isebenza ukusuka eFiumicino kude kube nguJuni 2012, kwaye ngokuqala kwakhona kweenqwelomoya ukuya e-Itali, oku kuyakuzisa indawo apho umphathi we-SkyTeam esebenza eYurophu ukuya kuthi ga kwemihlanu nakuma-55 kwihlabathi liphela. Ngale nkonzo intsha, iKenya Airways iya kubonelela ngonxibelelwano olugqwesileyo ukusuka eRoma nge-hub yayo yeNairobi ukuya kwiindawo zayo ezingama-43 eAfrika.
“Ukongezwa kweenqwelomoya ezisuka eRome kuya kwamkelwa ngabo bobabini abathengi bethu bezolonwabo kunye namashishini abaya eKenya kukhenketho kunye neshishini. IKenya yindawo enyibilikayo yeenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo ezinoluhlu olungapheliyo lwemisebenzi kunye neendawo zokusingwa. Indlela ivula amathuba amakhulu kumashishini aliqela afana neehotele kunye nabadlali bokhenketho eKenya ukuba bakhulise amashishini abo, ”utshilo iKenya Airways Group MD kunye neCEO uSebastian Mikosz.
Ngokwedatha yeshedyuli ye-S19, iKenya Airways iba ngumphathi weshumi ukukhonza i-Afrika ukusuka kwisikhululo senqwelomoya sase-Itali, ukujoyina iinqwelomoya esele zikhona kubandakanya iAlitalia, Air Arabia Maroc, Tunisair kunye neNeos. Ngeli hlobo, i-Fiumicino ngoku iza kubonelela ngeenqwelomoya ngokuthe ngqo kwiindawo ezili-10 kwilizwekazi, kubandakanya izixeko ezikumazwe afana neAlgeria, i-Ethiopia, iCape Verde kunye noMzantsi Afrika. Ngenxa yalo msebenzi mtsha, isikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Italiya siza kubonelela ngezihlalo eziphantse zibe ngama-15 20,000 ngeveki kwiindawo ezihlala kuzo eAfrika kweli hlobo.
