Ngaphezulu kwe-5.1 yezigidi ze-airline abakhweli bahamba nge-Airport ye-Ontario International (ONT) kwi-2018, eyona nto iphakamileyo yonyaka ukususela ngo-2008. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya songeze abakhweli abaphantse babe ngama-900,000 ukususela ekutshintsheni kwabo kulawulo lwasekhaya ekupheleni kwe-2016 xa ngaphezu kwe-4.2 yezigidigidi bahamba nge-ONT.
Kunyaka wekhalenda ka-2018, i-ONT yamkele abahambi ngeenqwelomoya abayi-5,115,894, ukwanda kwe-12.4% ngaphezu kwe-2017 iyonke ye-4,552,702. Umthamo wabakhweli basekhaya ukhule nge-10.8%, ngelixa inani labahambi bamazwe ngamazwe linyuke nge-61.1%.
"Amanani okuphela konyaka aphawuleka ngakumbi kuba ukudluliselwa kulawulo lwasekhaya kwenzeka kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo kwaye abonisa ukuba isicwangciso sethu sokuphuhlisa i-Ontario ibe lisango lamazwe ngamazwe siyaphumelela," utshilo u-Alan D. Wapner, umongameli we-Ontario International. UGunyaziwe weSikhululo seenqwelomoya (OIAA). "Impumelelo yethu isekelwe kubuchule bethu bokubonelela ngezixhobo, iinkonzo kunye nezinto eziluncedo ezifunwa ngabahambi ngenqwelomoya kwaye sizise amava alungileyo, angenangxaki kubathengi abawafaneleyo."
NgoDisemba, i-ONT yamkele abakhweli abangaphezu kwama-441,000, i-7.4% ngaphezulu kweyoMnga yowama-2017. Umthamo wabakhweli basekhaya nabamazwe ngamazwe ukhule nge-5.3% kunye ne-61.7%, ngokulandelelanayo.
Umthwalo womoya ngokunjalo uqhubekile nesantya sokukhula esomeleleyo ngoDisemba kunye nonyaka. Ngethuba lonyaka wekhalenda ka-2018, ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kunye neposi kuphelele ngaphezu kweetoni ze-750,000, i-14.8% ephezulu kuno-2017. NgoDisemba ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kuphelele ngaphezu kweetoni ze-75,000, ukunyuka phantse kwe-5% ngoDisemba 2017.
"Sityala oku kukhula okuzinzileyo kumaqabane ethu eenqwelo moya e-China Airlines, Frontier Airlines kunye neJetBlue Airways abongeze iinkonzo kulo nyaka uphelileyo," utshilo uMark Thorpe, igosa elilawulayo le-OIAA. "Sijonge phambili ekuqhubekeni kokunyuka ngo-2019 ngenxa yeenkonzo ezintsha esele zibhengeziwe kunye nezinye esilindele ukuva ngazo kungekudala."
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Ontario satsha nje sabizwa ngokuba sesona sikhululo sikhula ngokukhawuleza e-US ngopapasho oluhamba phambili lokuhamba. Abathwali bomoya abaliqela kubandakanya i-United Airlines, iDelta Air Lines kunye neSouthwest Airlines sele ibhengeze iinqwelomoya ezintsha ukusuka kwi-ONT ukuqala kulo nyaka.
NgoDisemba 2018 Disemba 2017 % Guqula i-YTD 2018 YTD 2017 % Guqula
Ukuhamba kwabahambi
Domestic 416,529 395,568 5.3% 4,888,011 4,411,274 10.8%
International 24,644 15,244 61.7% 227,883 141,428 61.1%
Total 441,173 410,812 7.4% 5,115,894 4,552,702 12.4%
Umthwalo womoya (Iitoni)
Freight 74,691 71,408 4.6% 723,016 626,579 15.4%
Mail 1,031 849 21.4% 28,513 27,890 2.2%
Total 75,722 72,258 4.8% 751,529 654,469 14.8%
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Our success is rooted in our ability to provide the facilities, services and amenities that air travelers demand and deliver the positive, hassle-free customer experience they deserve.
- The airport has added nearly 900,000 passengers since its transition to local control in late 2016 when more than 4.
- “The end-of-year numbers are particularly remarkable since the transfer to local control occurred just two years ago and they show that our strategy to develop Ontario into an international gateway is succeeding,”.
