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.
He liʻiliʻi nā mokulele ma ʻApelika i loaʻa kēia pae hoʻomaʻemaʻe o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koi US, ma waena o lākou ʻo Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, a me Casablanca e inoa i nā kikowaena mokulele nui, a ʻo ka hui ʻana o Nairobi i kēia hui kūʻokoʻa e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ke kālepa.
Ua puka mua ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki i hala ma ke ʻano he mākeke kumu nui loa o Kenya no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, e kāʻili ana i ka UK mai kahi i hoʻi ʻole ai nā mokulele charter i Mombasa i nā pae o nā makahiki i hala.
ʻOiai ua lilo kēia i mea hoʻomohala nūhou, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka poʻe kuleana mākaʻikaʻi ka manawa e pane ai i kēia manawa.
