NJIRA ya mphindi 50 ya Entebbe-Nairobi, yomwe ili ndi kampani ya Kenya Airways (KQ), ndi imodzi mwa njira zodula kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Ngakhale kuti makampani a ndege olimbana nawo ayesa kuchepetsa mtengowo, mtengowo wakhalabe pa avareji ya $300 (sh492,000).
Ndegezi ndi Ethiopian Airlines, Air Uganda, Victoria International Airlines (VIA), Fly540 ndi East African Airlines.
Kukwera kwamitengo yamafuta kwapangitsa kuti chiyembekezo chilichonse chotsika mtengo chigwe. Kuyambira 2002, mtengo wamafuta wakwera kuchokera pa $25 mbiya kupita ku $113 tsopano. Izi zachepetsa phindu la ndege.
Kuyambira pomwe onyamula dziko la Uganda adagwa zaka khumi zapitazo, KQ idayamba kulamulira njira.
Mu 2005, Victoria International Airlines (VIA) mothandizidwa ndi kampani ya South Africa inagwirizana ndi Uganda kuti ikhale yonyamula dziko.
Komabe, ndege yoyamba ya VIA yochoka ku Entebbe kupita ku Nairobi idaletsedwa kutera pa Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) ku Nairobi. Magwero ati chifukwa chake chinali chifukwa cha "mawu olakwika" olakwika. Pasanathe miyezi iwiri, VIA inalibenso.
Pakati pa 2006, Ethiopian Airlines idadandaula ku Kenya Civil Aviation Authority chifukwa cha kuchedwa kuwapatsa ufulu wotera ku JKIA.
Anali okonzeka kulipira $200 poyerekeza ndi $366 ya KQ koma pempho lawo silinakwaniritsidwebe.
East African Airlines idakakamizikanso kusiya ulendowu pambuyo poti akuluakulu aku Kenya adakhumudwitsa zomwe akufuna kuti apeze malo otchuka m'mawa kwambiri.
Pambuyo pa zoyesayesa zopanda pakezi, okwera analibe ndi chiyembekezo pomwe Air Uganda idalowa mumakampani oyendetsa ndege chaka chatha. Ndegeyo idalipira $199.
"Ndinaganiza kuti zitha kukhala mpumulo kwa ife pabizinesi, kungodziwa kuti nthawi ya Air Uganda sinali yabwino," adatero Luther Bois, wabizinesi yemwe amapita pafupipafupi.
"Ngati ndingakhale ku Nairobi pofika 6:00am, ndikuchita misonkhano iwiri, wina 8:00am ndi wina 2:00pm, ndi kubwerera ku Uganda nthawi ya 6:00pm kapena 11:00pm tsiku lomwelo. Kenya Airways ikupereka izi. Sindingachitire mwina koma kuluma chipolopolo,” adatero Bois.
Mu Meyi, Air Uganda idayimitsa ndege ya m'mawa chifukwa chakukwera kwamitengo yamafuta komanso kuchepa kwa manambala. Pomwe Air Uganda ikutuluka, Fly540 idabweranso mwezi womwewo. Imawononga $158. Koma malinga ndi akatswiri apaulendo, apaulendo amakondabe KQ chifukwa cha madongosolo ake, omwe ndi osavuta.
Kenya Airways imatenganso mwayi pa eyapoti ya Jomo Kenyatta ngati chigawo chachigawo, chopatsa makasitomala malo osiyanasiyana opita ku Europe, Asia ndi Africa yonse. Izi zikutanthauza kuti apaulendo angasankhe kugwiritsa ntchito ndege imodzi kuchokera ku Entebbe kusiyana ndi kusokoneza ulendo wawo pakati pa ndege zosiyanasiyana kuti asunge ndalama.
Komabe, KQ ndi yodziwika bwino chifukwa cha kuchedwa kwa ndege komanso kuletsa.
"Ogwiritsa ntchito omwe akufuna kuyendetsa njira ayenera kukhala ndi chidziwitso pakati pa mayiko awiriwa. Nthawi zambiri, sayenera kukhala ndi malire, koma njirayo ikuwoneka kuti ili ndi zovuta zaku Kenya, "atero gwero la Civil Aviation Authority.
Kuphatikiza pa kutsogola panjira ya Nairobi, Kenya Airways ikukonzekera kulimbikitsa maulendo ake amadera. Yakhazikitsidwa kuti ilandire Embraer E170 yatsopano. Ndegeyo ikuyembekezeka kutumiza mayendedwe apanyumba komanso madera monga Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi ndi Zambia.
"Embraer ili ndi nthawi yochepa yosinthira komanso ndalama zochepa zokonza. Kuchita bwino kwamafuta ake kuyenera kutipangitsa kuti tizipeza ndalama zambiri munthawi yamavutoyi, "atero mkulu wa KQ, a Titus Naikuni, poyankhulana posachedwapa.
Akatswiri amsika amalosera kuti ena obwera kumene adzachotsa kapena kukweza mitengo ngati akufuna kukhalabe ndibizinesi chifukwa cha kukwera mtengo kwamafuta. Iwo ati KQ, yomwe ili ndi malire okulirapo, ili ndi mwayi wambiri kuti mitengo ikhale yokhazikika pakanthawi kochepa.
