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.
Ftit ajruporti fl-Afrika għandhom dan il-livell ta’ approvazzjoni ta’ konformità mat-talbiet tal-Istati Uniti, fosthom Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, u Casablanca biex insemmu ċ-ċentri ewlenin tal-avjazzjoni, u Nairobi li jingħaqad ma’ dan il-klabb esklussiv bla dubju se jgħin biex ittejjeb it-turiżmu u l-kummerċ.
L-Istati Uniti diġà ħarġu s-sena l-oħra bħala l-akbar suq sors tal-Kenja għat-turisti, u qabeż lir-Renju Unit minn fejn it-titjiriet charter lejn Mombasa għadhom ma rritornawx għal-livelli tas-snin li għaddew.
Peress li dan irriżulta li kien żvilupp ta’ aħbarijiet, il-partijiet interessati tat-turiżmu ma kellhomx il-ħin biex jirreaġixxu f’dan l-istadju.
