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.
Kadan daga cikin filayen tashi da saukar jiragen sama a Afirka da ke da wannan matakin na yarda da bukatun Amurka, daga cikinsu akwai Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, da Casablanca don sanya sunayen manyan cibiyoyin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama, kuma Nairobi shiga wannan kulob na musamman zai taimaka wajen bunkasa yawon shakatawa da kasuwanci.
Amurka ta riga ta zama kasuwa mafi girma a Kenya don masu yawon bude ido, inda ta wuce Burtaniya daga inda har yanzu jirage na haya zuwa Mombasa ba su koma matsayinsu na shekarun baya ba.
Da yake wannan ya zama babban ci gaba mai girma, masu ruwa da tsaki a harkar yawon shakatawa ba su sami lokacin mayar da martani ba a wannan matakin.
