I-Rome Fiumicino ibukeka izokwamukela enye i-tailfin ebalulekile kuleli hlobo, njengoba i-Kenya Airways ihlela ukwethula izindiza ezine zamasonto onke ze-787 eziya esikhumulweni sezindiza zisuka eNairobi kulo Juni.
I-Kenya Airways yayikade isebenza kusukela e-Fiumicino kwaze kwaba nguJuni 2012, futhi ngokuqala kabusha kwezindiza eziya e-Italy, lokhu kuzoletha izindawo umthwali we-SkyTeam azisebenzelayo e-Europe zibe yisihlanu kanye nama-55 emhlabeni jikelele. Ngale sevisi entsha, i-Kenya Airways izohlinzeka ngoxhumano oluhle kakhulu ukusuka e-Rome ngokusebenzisa isikhungo sayo saseNairobi kuya ezindaweni zayo ezingama-43 e-Afrika.
“Ukwengezwa kwezindiza ezisuka eRome kuzokwamukelwa yiwo womabili amakhasimende ethu ezokungcebeleka namabhizinisi ahambela eKenya ezokuvakasha nezamabhizinisi. I-Kenya iyimbiza encibilikayo yamasiko ahlukahlukene enoxhaxha lwemisebenzi nezindawo okuyiwa kuzo. Lo mzila uvula amathuba amakhulu ezimbonini eziningana ezifana namahhotela nabadlali bezokuvakasha eKenya ukuthi zikhulise amabhizinisi abo,” kusho u-MD we-Kenya Airways Group kanye ne-CEO uSebastian Mikosz.
Ngokwemininingwane yeshejuli ye-S19, iKenya Airways iba yinkampani yeshumi ukusebenzela i-Afrika isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza enhloko-dolobha yase-Italy, ijoyina izindiza ezikhona ezihlanganisa i-Alitalia, i-Air Arabia Maroc, iTunisair neNeos. Kuleli hlobo, i-Fiumicino manje izohlinzeka ngezindiza eziqondile eziya ezindaweni eziyi-10 ezwenikazi, okuhlanganisa namadolobha asemazweni afana ne-Algeria, i-Ethiopia, iCape Verde neNingizimu Afrika. Ngenxa yalokhu kusebenza okusha, isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Italy sizohlinzeka ngezihlalo zamasonto onke ezibalelwa ku-15 ezindaweni zaso zase-Afrika kuleli hlobo.
