Ukuhamba ngomoya ngaphakathi kwiiPhilippines yimarike yesithathu ekhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi, emva kweIndiya neMexico, idatha yoshishino yatyhilwa.
Imarike yasekhaya yaseIndiya ikhule ngama-33 ekhulwini, ilandelwa yiMexico ngama-27 ekhulwini, iiPhilippines ngama-23 ekhulwini, neTshayina nge-16 ekhulwini kunyaka ophelileyo.
Imakethi yezohambo ngomoya yasekhaya ePhilippine ikhule malunga nabahambi abazizigidi ezili-10.4 ngo-2007 xa kuthelekiswa nabakhweli abazizigidi ezisisi-8.5 ngo-2006.
I-Gokongwei-owned Cebu Pacific (CEB) yabeka isantya kwimarike yasekhaya kunye nezinga lokukhula kweepesenti ze-47 ngokwemiqathango yabakhweli eqhutywe ngo-2007, okanye ukusuka kwi-3.034 yezigidi ngo-2006 ukuya kwi-4.46 yezigidi kwi-2007.
I-Philippine Airlines (PAL) ifumene ukunyuka kweepesenti ezintandathu, ukusuka kwi-3.81 yezigidi ukuya kwi-4.033 yezigidi, ngelixa i-traffic ye-Air Philippines ikhule ngama-21 ekhulwini, okanye ukusuka kwi-653,175 ngo-2006 ukuya kwi-726,616 kunyaka ophelileyo.
UCandice Iyog, isithethi se-CEB, uthe uhambo lwasekhaya lwaqala ukukhula xa i-CEB yazisa amanani aphantsi onyaka wonke ngo-2005, inyanzela ezinye iinqwelomoya zasekhaya ukuba zilandele ukuze zikwazi ukukhuphisana.
“Ukwanda okukhawulezileyo kothungelwano lwasekhaya, amaxabiso arhabaxa, amaxabiso aphantsi unyaka wonke, kunye nezithuthi ezitsha nezikhulayo zikhuthaze urhwebo kwaye zazisa ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwiiflaya ezininzi zokuqala,” utshilo.
U-Iyog uthe i-CEB ilindele ukuba i-trend yokukhula iqhubeke kulo nyaka nangaphaya njengoko i-airline ithatha ukuhanjiswa kweenqwelo-moya ezintsha, eziza kusetyenziselwa ukukhonza iindawo ezintsha zasekhaya kunye nezamazwe ngamazwe.
"Ukufika kwenqwelomoya entsha ye-Airbus kunye ne-ATR iya kuvula iPhilippines kwaye ngethemba lokuvelisa ukukhula koqoqosho ngokubanzi ngokhenketho kunye norhwebo kwinkqubo," watsho.
Ngoku kunyaka wayo we-12, i-CEB inezona nqanawa zincinci kwiiPhilippines.
Indiza ukuya kwi-12 kwaye ngokukhawuleza ibe yi-15 kwiindawo zamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokongezwa kweHanoi, Ho Chi Minh, naseKaohsiung kwiinyanga ezizayo. I-CEB iphinda ibhabhe ukuya kwiindawo ze-21 zasekhaya kunye ne-Boracay (Caticlan) ukuqala ngoFebruwari 29, 2008.
Iprojekthi yeCEB inani labakhweli eya kubathwala kulo nyaka kwimisebenzi yayo yasekhaya neyamazwe ngamazwe ukuba igqithe kwizigidi ezisixhenxe, ukukhula ngeepesenti ezingama-27 xa kuthelekiswa nabakhweli abazizigidi ezi-5.49 ngowama-2007.
I-CEB iza kuqeshisa kulo nyaka ii-Airbus 320-200 ezine kwaye ifumane ii-ATR 72-500s ezintandathu, izise iinqwelomoya zomthuthi zizonke ukuya kuma-25 ekupheleni kuka-2008. ii-odolo eziqinileyo ze-10 ATR kunye neenketho ezisibhozo. Ii-ATR ezintandathu ezifika kulo nyaka ziyinxalenye yee-odolo ezizii-320 zee-ATRs.
Umongameli weCEB uLance Gokongwei uthe ii-odolo ezizii-10 zee-A320s zizakungena phakathi kuka-2010 no-2012 ngelixa ukhetho lunokufumaneka phakathi kuka-2012 no-2014. Ngonyaka ka-2010, i-CEB iya kuba neqela leenqwelomoya ezingama-2011,” utshilo.
Ngo-2007, i-CEB yathwala i-5.49 yezigidi zabakhweli, ukukhula kwe-58% ukusuka kwi-3.47 yezigidi eziqhutywe ngo-2006. Kwi-5.49 yezigidi, i-4.46 yezigidi yayingabakhweli basekhaya nto leyo inyuka nge-47 yepesenti ukusuka kwi-3.04 yezigidi zabakhweli basekhaya ngo-2006.
Ukukhula kwemisebenzi yamazwe ngamazwe kwakuphezulu, kunye nabakhweli be-1.032 yezigidi ezithathwe ngo-2007 okanye ukukhula kwe-141 ekhulwini xa kuthelekiswa nabakhweli be-428,926 ngo-2006.
I-CEB ngoku ineyona misebenzi ikhula ngokukhawuleza yasekhaya neyamazwe aphesheya kweli lizwe, isebenza kwiindawo ezingama-32 ezineendlela ezingama-44 zizonke, kunye neenqwelomoya ezingama-906 ngeveki ukuya kwiindawo zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngo-2007, uGokongwei uthe i-CEB inesabelo se-43 ekhulwini kwimarike yasekhaya ngelixa imbangi ye-Philippine Airlines ine-39 ekhulwini kunye ne-Air Philippines, i-11 ekhulwini. Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-CEB yayinomthwalo wepesenti ezingama-83 xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezingama-79 zePAL kunye neepesenti ezingama-73 ze-Air Philippines. I-CEB ikwathe inamanani aphezulu abakhweli kunye neenombolo zezihlalo kulo nyaka uphelileyo. “Injongo yethu kukuba sibe ne-80 ukuya kwi-85 yepesenti yomthwalo,” utshilo uGokongwei.
Ukwaqaphele ukuba abona bathathi nxaxheba baphezulu abasixhenxe ekufikeni kwabatyeleli kwiiPhilippines besuka eAsia (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Korea) ziindawo apho iCEB iqale okanye yandisa imisebenzi kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo. "I-CEB ingena kwimarike yaseVietnam ngoJuni 6 kwaye silindele ukuba le marike ibonise ukukhula okukhulu," kusho uGokongwei.
Ukwandisa ukufikelela kwayo ngakumbi, i-CEB ikwabhengeze ukuba iseka indawo yayo yesithathu kwilizwe eDavao ngoJuni. Ezinye iindawo zayo ziseManila naseCebu. Kukho nezicwangciso zokubeka enye ihabhu eClark.
UGokongwei ukwavakalise ithemba lokuba njengoko ilizwe likwinqanaba lokuqala loguqulo “lwexabiso eliphantsi,” intengiso iya kuqhubeka ikhula imitsi nemida. “Silindele ukuba imakethi yasekhaya ikhule nge-13 ukuya kwi-15 yeepesenti ngonyaka kule minyaka mihlanu izayo. Silindele ukuba imakethi iphindeke kabini kule minyaka mihlanu izayo,” utshilo.
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