Nairobi, Kenya (eTN) - ʻO FLY540 Airlines, kahi moku kūʻai haʻahaʻa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale nui o Kenyan, e loaʻa hou aku ʻewalu mau mokulele ATR ma o kāna hui makua, ʻo Lonrho, e hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mokulele ma ʻApelika mai kona hub Nairobi.

Hiki i kēia hoʻomohala ke hoʻokūkū maikaʻi i ka mea lawe moku ʻole o ka home Kenyan me nā mea lawe kūloko kūloko, ʻoi aku hoʻi ʻo Kenya Airways a me Ethiopian Airlines. E hoʻolauna ʻo FLY540 i nā mokulele i ʻewalu mau ʻāina ʻApelika i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki, a e hāʻawi ka mokulele hou i ka hiki i ka mokulele e hoʻomau i kāna mau hoʻolālā hoʻonui e hoʻopili i nā ʻāina ʻApelika me kahi mokulele maikaʻi.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo David Lenigas, ka luna o Lonrho, e ulu ana ʻo Fly540 i ʻoihana mokulele pan Africa, e lele ana i ka Hikina a i ke Komohana a me ka ʻĀkau i ʻApelika Hema. "ʻOliʻoli wau i ka lilo ʻana o ATR, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi honua, i ʻāpana hoʻolālā o kēia moʻolelo ulu hoihoi," wahi a Lenigas.

Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe loiloi i ka neʻe ʻana e hōʻike ana i ka hilinaʻi o Lonrho i nā ʻoihana ʻApelika a me Kenya, ka mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā haunaele alanui a me nā hakakā ʻohana i ʻike ʻia ma luna o 400 poʻe i pepehi ʻia ma hope o ke koho balota nui o Dekemaba 27, nona nā hopena pelekikena i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia e ka ʻaoʻao kūʻē, ODM.

I loko o kahi ʻōlelo, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lonrho, ʻo Lonrho Air (BVI), ua kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike me Avions de Transport Régional, GIE (ATR) e kūʻai i ʻewalu o nā kikoʻī hou loa, hou, ATR 72-500 mokulele, e hoʻohana ʻia. na Fly540.

ʻO ke kumukūʻai i hāʻawi ʻia no nā mokulele ʻewalu, me kahi kākoʻo piha a me nā pūʻolo kaʻa, aia ma ka ʻāpana o US $ 145 miliona (Kenya Sh9.5 biliona) a e hoʻopau ʻia ka lawe ʻana ma kahi papa i ʻae ʻia. ʻEhā mau mokulele i manaʻo ʻia ma Nairobi i kēia makahiki, a ʻo nā mea ʻehā ʻē aʻe e hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa i kēia makahiki aʻe.

E kapa ʻia ka mokulele hou ʻo Fly540 a e hoʻonohonoho ʻia me 54 mau noho ma ka hoʻokele waiwai a me 12 ma ka papa mua.

E kōkua ʻo ATR iā Lonrho Air (BVI) i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uhi hōʻaiʻē Export no ke kālā kālā ʻana o ka mokulele mai COFACE a me SACE, nā Export Credit Agencies (ECA) o Farani a me Italia. Ua ʻae ʻia nā huaʻōlelo kālā ECA e ka poʻe i komo i ka ʻike hou ʻana o ka ʻāpana i nā hōʻaiʻē hoʻoiho no nā mokulele Kivila i hoʻomaka ʻia i Iulai 2007.

"Hiki ke kākoʻo ʻo ECA i ka 85 pakeneka o ke kūʻai ʻana o ka mokulele. ʻO ke koena o 15 pakeneka e uku ʻia e Lonrho Air (BVI) i nā manawa manawa, ma mua o kēlā me kēia hoʻouna mokulele, "wahi a Lonrho i ka ʻōlelo.

ʻO ka ATR 72-500 ka hoʻomohala hou loa o ke kumu hoʻohālike ATR 72 kaulana. Lawe ia mai ka ʻike i loko o ka lawelawe o nā mokulele 700 ATR e lele ana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hilinaʻi awelika o ka hoʻouna ʻana ma mua o 99 pakeneka.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lenigas: "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hiki iā mākou ke ʻae i ke kūʻai ʻana i ʻewalu mau mokulele hou mai ATR e hoʻonui i kā mākou mau ʻauwaʻa ATR. Hāʻawi ka ATR 72-500 i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā kumukūʻai o ka wahie ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o kēia mākeke, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā avionics hou a me ka hilinaʻi a me ka palekana.

ʻO Fly540 Africa ka ʻoihana paʻa holoʻokoʻa o Lonrho i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna ʻoihana mokulele ma ʻApelika, e hoʻolako i nā lawelawe maʻamau o ka honua.

Ua holomua nui ka mea lawe kālā ma hope o kona hoʻomaka ʻana i kāna lele mua ma Nowemapa 2006, e lele ana i ʻelua mau wahi. Lele ia mai Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ma Nairobi, i nā kūlanakauhale nui a pau ma Kenya- Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Malindi, a me Lamu a i ka honua kaulana ʻo Maasai Mara National Park. Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo ia e hoʻokomo i nā huakaʻi i Eastern Democratic of Congo a me South Sudan.

Ua ulu wikiwiki ʻo Intercontinental ea i Kenya i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala me ka nui o nā mokulele nui o ka honua e hoʻokomo ana i ka mana ākea i loko o ka ʻāina.

ʻO ka hōʻea nui ʻana ʻo Virgin Atlantic, nāna i hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā ma Nairobi's International hub mai Iune 1, 2007. E like me kā lākou mau hoa, ua ʻike lākou i kahi mākeke ikaika a ʻano like ʻole i loko o Kenya a me ka ʻāina ākea o ʻApelika Hikina.

Ke hana nei ʻo Lonrho Plc i kahi ʻoihana e ulu wikiwiki ana ma ʻApelika. Me ka ʻoi aku o 20,000 mau mea kuleana, ua helu ʻia ka hui ma ka London AIM stock exchange.