IKenya Airways ivula isibhakabhaka saseMpuma Afrika siye eMelika

I-Kenya Airways isungule iinqwelo-moya zemihla ngemihla phakathi kweNairobi neNew York ngeCawa, ijonge ukuvula isibhakabhaka saseMpuma Afrika eMelika, ephawula uphuhliso olubalulekileyo kwezorhwebo nakwezokhenketho phakathi kwamazwe aseMpuma Afrika ngokudibana komoya kwikomkhulu laseKenya iNairobi.

Inqwelomoya ekudala ilindelwe yasungulwa ngentseni ngeCawa, izisa umphathi wenqwelomoya waseKenya phakathi kweenqwelomoya ezikhula ngokukhawuleza nezikhokelayo ezivela eAfrika ukuba zingene esibhakabhakeni saseMelika ngokuthe ngqo kwizixeko zaseAfrika.

Iinqwelo-moya zase-Ethiopia kunye ne-South African Airways kuphela kweenqwelo-moya zase-Afrika ezibhaliswe eMpuma, kuMbindi nakuMazantsi e-Afrika ezinikwe iphepha-mvume lokufikelela esibhakabhakeni sase-US.

Zityebile kukhenketho, amazwe aseMpuma naMbindi Afrika axhomekeke kubathwali bomoya bamanye amazwe ukuba bazise iindwendwe zabo ezivela eUnited States ngonxibelelwano kwamanye amazwe angaphandle kommandla.

I-Kenya Airways iphehlelele inqwelomoya okokuqala ngqa phakathi kweJomo Kenyatta International Airport eNairobi kunye neJF Kennedy International Airport eNew York emva kokuba i-US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inike iKenya inqanaba lokuqala kuFebruwari 2017, ivule indlela ethe ngqo iinqwelomoya ngokuxhomekeke kwezinye iimvume ezifunyanwa sisikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nabaphathi beenqwelo moya.

INairobi, indawo ye-safari eseMpuma Afrika, ngoku iza kuba likhonkco eliphambili phakathi kwe-East African Community (i-EAC) kunye ne-United States, basebenzise ithuba leKenya Airways kunye nokhenketho olukhula ngokukhawuleza eKenya.

Abathathi-nxaxheba kubakhenkethi eTanzania bajonge ukubona ukonyuka kwishishini labo. Banethemba lokuba umphathi wenqwelomoya waseKenya osebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezine mihla le ukuya eTanzania uya kongeza ikhonkco elinexabiso kukhenketho ngokudibanisa ngokukhawuleza kwiimarike zaseMntla Melika eNairobi.

Iinkampani ze-safari zaseKenya kunye nase-United States bezithengisa iindawo zabakhenkethi baseMpuma Afrika kungekudala emva kokuba iKenya Airways ifumene ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukungena esibhakabhakeni sase-US.

IKenya itsala ngaphezulu kwe-100,000 yabakhenkethi baseMelika ngonyaka. Uninzi lwabakhenkethi beludibanisa iinqwelomoya zabo ngeYurophu, Middle East, Ethiopia nase Mzantsi Afrika.

Iinqwelomoya ezithe zaphehlelelwa zeKenya Airways ngqo, ixesha lokuhamba liya kuba lifutshane njengeeyure ezili-16. Iinqwelomoya zokudibanisa ezinokuma eYurophu okanye kuMbindi Mpuma zibaliwe zithatha iiyure ezingama-23 ukuya kwezingama-28.

Inqwelomoya ebalekayo iya kuthi inike abakhenkethi baseMelika ithuba lokwandisa ixesha labo betyelele iinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo zaseKenya naseMpuma Afrika, izilwanyana zasendle ezimangalisayo kunye nembonakalo entle.

I-Kenya Airways inikezele ngeenqwelo-moya ezimbini ze-Dreamliner kwiinqwelomoya ezihamba mihla le kwiNairobi isiya eNew York kwindlela eyenziwe ngenqwelomoya yasebusuku esuka eNairobi kunye nenqwelomoya ebuya emini ivela eNew York.

IKenya Airways isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezine mihla le ukuya eDar es Salaam eTanzania, fiver ukuya e-Entebbe eUganda, ezine ukuya eLusaka eZambia kunye nokubhabha enye imihla ngemihla ukuya eLivingstone eZambia.

Ukuvunywa koVavanyo loKhuseleko kuPhapho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kuVavanyo lweCandelo elinye imvume yanikwa urhulumente waseKenya ngoFebruwari, 2017, emva kohambo olude oluqale umva ngo-2010 liGunya laseKenya loPhapho lweeNqwelo moya lifuna imvume yokungena esibhakabhakeni saseMelika.

Ipemethe yodidi lokuqala ikhutshiwe kwaye yanikwa yi-US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) kumazwe angaphandle okanye amazwe athe abonisa ukuphunyezwa ngokukuko kweMigangatho yezoLuntu yezoLuntu yaMazwe ngaMazwe (ICAO) kunye neZenzo eziCetyiswayo zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.

Ivumela ilizwe langaphandle okanye urhulumente ukuba aseke ngenqwelomoya wenqwelomoya okanye abathwali abakhethiweyo, iinqwelomoya eziya ngqo eMelika.

I-Kenya Airways ibhabhela kwiindawo ezingama-53 kwihlabathi liphela zombini ezibhabhayo zasekhaya nezamazwe aphesheya ezidibanisa iNairobi ukuya kwiidolophu zase-Afrika zaseDar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Luanda, Cotonou, Gaborone, Ouagadougou, Bujumbura, Douala, Yaounde nase Bangui e-Afrika.

Ezinye iindawo zaseAfrika ezihamba ngeenqwelo moya yiMoroni, Abidjan, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Djibouti, Cairo, Malabo, Addis Ababa, Libreville, Accra, Kisumu, Malindi, Mombasa, Monrovia, Antananarivo, Blantyre, Mahe, Freetown, Johannesburg, Juba, IKhartoum kunye nabanye abaninzi.

Iinqwelomoya ezihamba ngaphandle kweAfrika ziyiGuangzhou, Bangkok, Mumbai, Paris, kunye nezixeko eziphambili zaseYurophu.

Eyasungulwa ngo-1977, iKenya Airways ilungu le-Sky Team Alliance kwaye lihamba phambili e-Afrika, lithwala abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezine ngonyaka.

I-Kenya Airways isebenza ngezithuthi ezibandakanya iBoeing 787-8, iBoeing B777-300ER, iBoeing 737-800, iBoeing 737-700, iBoeing 737-300 kunye ne-Embraer 190 AR.