IKenya Airways izakusungula inqwelomoya ethe ngqo eGuangzhou, China ukuqala nge-28 ka-Okthobha u-2008.
Umphathi wezoNxibelelwano we-airline, uNksz Victoria Kaigai ngexesha elifanayo uthe i-airline ibonise i-timetable entsha yasebusika ngokunyuka kweenqwelo-moya eziya eBangkok naseHong Kong.
Iinqwelomoya zeeyure ezili-12 eziya eGuangzhou ziya kusebenza ngooLwezithathu, ngooLwezihlanu nangeeCawe kwinqwelomoya yenqwelomoya iBoeing 777.
I-KQ ibhabha isiya eGuangzhou idlula eDubai ukusukela ngo-2005.
"Ngoko i-KQ iba yinqwelomoya yokuqala esuka e-Afrika engaphantsi kweSahara ukuba iqalise iinqwelomoya ezingapheliyo ukusuka eNairobi ukuya kwilizwe laseChina," kusho uKaigai.
Ukubhabha okuthe ngqo ukuya eGuangzhou kuba yeyesithathu ngaphandle kweAfrika. EYurophu, inqwelomoya ibhabha ngqo phakathi kweNairobi neLondon, kunye neNairobi ukuya eFransi.
I-Guangzhou yindawo enkulu yokuthenga kubarhwebi abavela e-Afrika, abadibanisa kwisikhululo senqwelomoya iJomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) eNairobi.
Ngaphandle kokunciphisa ixesha labo lokuhamba ngeepesenti ezingama-20, abahambi kwiinqwelomoya baya kuphelisa nokuma kweeyure ezi-2 eDubai.
UKaigai uthe ii-frequencies ukuya eBangkok ngoku ziya kunyuka ukusuka kwi-6 ukuya kwii-7 amaxesha ngeveki ngelixa eziya eHong Kong ziya kuhamba ukusuka kwi-4 ukuya kwi-5 amaxesha ngeveki.
