I-emirate yeGulf yase-Dubai ibhengeze ngoMvulo ukumiliselwa kwebhajethi yayo yokuqala ebizwa ngokuba yi-flydubai, ezakuthatha isibhakabhaka ngeenyanga ezimbini ngaphandle kwengxaki yemali yehlabathi.
I-Flydubai iya kuqala ngeenqwelomoya eziya kwikomkhulu laseLebhanon iBeirut ngoJuni 1 kunye nekomkhulu laseJordani Amman ngoJuni 2, usihlalo wenkampani uSheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum uxelele iintatheli.
"Sizibophelele ekuziseni ukhetho olutsha kwimarike kunye nokukhulisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweshishini lokuhamba ngomoya," utshilo u-Sheikh Ahmed kwinkomfa yabezindaba.
"Oku kuya kunceda uqoqosho lwethu, abantu bethu, kunye neshishini lezokhenketho ngokubanzi."
I-Dubai iqale yabhengeza ukusekwa kwe-flydubai ngo-Matshi 2008, ngemali eyinkunzi yokuqalisa ye-250 yezigidi zeedirham (i-67 yezigidi zeedola). Iza kusebenza kwisiza esilandelayo seBoeing 737-800 yenqwelomoya kwiindlela zaseBeirut naseAmman, utshilo uSheikh Ahmed.
I-emirate ingoyena mphathi mkhulu we-Middle East, i-Emirates, kwaye inesona sikhululo seenqwelomoya esixakekileyo kulo mmandla esiphatha abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-37 ngo-2008, ukonyuka ngeepesenti ezilithoba ukusuka ngo-2007.
I-airline entsha iza kusekelwa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Dubai, apho iza kusebenza khona ukusuka kwiTheminali yesiBini.
Zine ezinye iinqwelomoya ezihamba kulo mmandla.
I-Emirate engummelwane yaseSharjah isebenza iAir Arabia, ngelixa iJaeraera Airways yaseKuwait, ikwasebenza nayo isuka eDubai naseKuwait, eBahrain Air ibhabha isuka kwiziqithi ezikufutshane zeGulf, naseNas kwizityebi zase-Saudi Arabia.
Uqoqosho olwalukhula ngokukhawuleza eDubai lwachukunyiswa yingxaki yezoqoqosho kwihlabathi liphela ngenxa yokunqongophala kwemali kurhwebo lwamatyala lwehlabathi, olwabangela ukwehla kwicandelo lokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba.
Umbutho wezothutho lomoya wamazwe aphesheya (IATA) kwinyanga ephelileyo wathi kukho ukwehla okukhulu kuhambo lomoya ngoFebruwari, njengoko amanani abakhweli kwihlabathi liphela akhuphe iipesenti ezili-10.1 ngaphantsi kwamanqanaba abhalwe kunyaka ongaphambili, ngelixa ukuthuthwa kwempahla kwehle ngama-22.1 epesenti.
Ngabathwali beMpuma Mpuma kuphela ababambe imeko ngokunyuka kweepesenti ezi-0.4 kuthutho lwamanye amazwe, utshilo u-IATA.
