Isikhululo senqwelomoya i-King Shaka (KSIA) eseThekwini siphele ngo-2018 kwirekhodi eliphezulu ngokwanda kwamanani abakhweli bamanye amazwe nge-13% ngoDisemba. Oku, kunye nokukhula okunamandla kwabakhweli basekhaya okungaphezulu kwe-6% yowama-2018, kwabona i-KSIA igcina isikhundla sayo njengesona sikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhula ngokukhawuleza eMzantsi Afrika kunyaka wesibini.
Ukusebenza okuphezulu kwexesha langoDisemba kulandela ukonyuka kwe-11% kumanani abakhweli bamazwe aphesheya ngoNovemba, xa kuthelekiswa noNovemba 2017. I-KSIA iphathe phantse abakhweli abali-5.9 basekhaya nakwamanye amazwe bebonke ngo-2018, abangama-372,543 babengabakhweli abahamba ngeendlela zakwamanye amazwe.
“Inkonzo yeBritish Airways entsha engapheli phakathi kwesikhululo senqwelomoya saseLondon iHeathrow neTheku, esaziswa ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthobha u-2018, inyuse ukukhula e-KSIA. Ngoku sibona ukukhula kwamanani aphindwe kabini kubakhweli bamazwe aphesheya, ”utshilo uHamish Erskine, uSihlalo weDurban Direct kunye ne-CEO yeDube TradePort Corporation.
“Ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kathathu ngeveki kuye kwangqina ukuba kukho ibango elingafakwanga lenkonzo zomoya ethe ngqo eDurban. Ukukhula esikubonayo kwindlela eya eThekwini naseLondon ihambelana nokukhula okucingelwayo okuboniswe kwimeko yethu yeshishini kwiBritish Airways, ethe yabeka isigqibo sabo sokungenisa indlela ethe ngqo, ”wongeze watsho.
U-Erskine ucacisa ukuba ngaphandle kwe-11% yokukhula kwabakhweli bamazwe aphesheya ngo-Novemba ngo-2018 kunye ne-13% ngoDisemba, ngokwahlukeneyo (xa kuthelekiswa noNovemba no-Disemba 2017), amanani abakhweli bamazwe e-KSIA akhule nge-42% yokurekhoda inyanga nenyanga, phakathi kukaNovemba kunye noDisemba 2018. Ngaphandle kwendlela entsha yeBritish Airways, oku kungenxa yokuba iEmirates ibeke ezinye iinqwelomoya phakathi kweDubai neThekwini ngoDisemba.
Ngokwezibalo ezisemthethweni ezivela kwiNkampani yeeNqwelo-moya yoMzantsi Afrika, i-KSIA iphathe abagibeli abangama-5,880,390 bebonke ngo-2018, ibonisa ukukhula kwe-6.4%. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sikwaphethe irekhodi elipheleleyo labakhweli abangama-553,149 ngoDisemba ka-2018, abangama-41054 babehamba kwiindlela zamanye amazwe. Inyanga yerekhodi yangaphambili ye-KSIA ibingoDisemba 2017, xa yayiphethe abakhweli abangama-520,930.
“Njenge-Durban Direct, iinjongo zethu kukuphuhlisa nokukhulisa imakethi yabathengi yaseThekwini. Sele siqalisile ukubonisana namashishini abucala ukuze asincede sandise ifuthe lenkqubo, ”utshilo u-Erskine.
“Elinye lamanyathelo akule nkqubo libandakanya ukusebenzisana namaqabane ethu kweenqwelo-moya ukukhuthaza ukukhula kwabakhweli ngokuphunyezwa kwesicwangciso sentengiso esidibeneyo samanye amazwe. Eyona njongo iphambili kukwenza imeko apho amaqabane ethu kwinkampani yeenqwelo-moya abona ukukhula okumandla, nto leyo eza kubenza bakwazi ukuthetheleleka ngokwazisa amaza ongezelelekileyo eThekwini, ”utshilo.
UPhindile Makwakwa, uSihlalo we-Durban Direct ne-CEO yezoKhenketho KwaZulu-Natal, uthi: “Iinkonzo zomoya zidlala indima ebalulekileyo ekukhuliseni imarike yezokhenketho eThekwini. Ixesha lokuphakama kukaDisemba labona abagibeli basekhaya nabamazwe aphesheya befika kwiirekhodi ezingama-553,149 - ukukhula kwe-6%. Inxalenye ebalulekileyo yalokhu yayingabafundi belizwe jikelele abafuna ukuzonwabisa, befika eThekwini ngethuba leeholide zeholide, baphinde bahlole nezinye KwaZulu-Natal. ”
Uyongeza: “Ukwanda kwabahambi abakhwela ngqo eDurban bevela kwiimarike zamanye amazwe kuyakhula, nangona kunjalo iRhawuti iyaqhubeka nokuba yindawo ebalulekileyo yokuhamba kubahambi bamanye amazwe abanxibelelana neThekwini kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya. Nangona kunjalo, ukuqaliswa kwenkonzo engayekiyo phakathi kweTheku neLondon yiBritish Airways kubonise ukwanda kwabakhweli bamazwe aphesheya abaya ngqo eThekwini ngeyeNkanga nangoDisemba 2018. ”
UPhillip Sithole, usekela mphathi wedolophu kumasipala waseThekwini kuphuhliso loqoqosho nocwangciso, uthi: “Abakhenkethi bachitha imali ezibhiliyoni zeerandi eziyi-2.7 eThekwini ngethuba leeholide zika-2018, nto leyo inyuke ngezigidi ezingama-R500. Sibone ukuba eli nani liyakhula ngokwaziswa kweenqwelo moya ezintsha zangaphakathi, zommandla nezamazwe aphesheya. ”
USithole wongeza athi: “Sisebenze kwisicwangciso esilungelelanisiweyo sikunye nemibutho yezokhenketho kunye nomzi-mveliso ukugcina umgangatho ophezulu weemveliso zokhenketho esizinikezela njengesixeko. Oku, kudibene nonxibelelwano lomoya lwamazwe aphesheya nolwasekhaya, kubone ukuba iTheku lisindleka iindwendwe ezisisigidi ngexesha leeholide zokuphela konyaka. ”
Ixesha eliphakathi, indlela ethe ngqo eDurban iya kuba kukugxila ekukhuleni rhoqo kunye namandla amaqabane eenqwelo moya asebenza ngoku kwi-KSIA. Injongo yexesha elide kukutsala ikhonkco lomoya ngqo ukuya kwiMpuma Ekude, mhlawumbi inkonzo yomoya ethe ngqo eSingapore okanye eHong Kong, eya kuthi ibonelele ngokufikelela okungcono kwilizwekazi lase China, Japan, South Korea, nase South East Asia.
Ngeli xesha, u-Erskine uxela ukuba imveliso yeetoni zemithwalo evela eDube TradePort's Cargo Terminal iyaqhubeka nokulandela ngokusondeleyo kwizithende zamanani abakhweli, ngenqwelomoya yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kukhula nge-40% ukusukela ngo-Epreli ukuya kuDisemba 2018. Ngokungeniswa kweenkonzo zomoya ezintsha, imakethi iyakhawuleza Sebenzisa umthamo owongezelelekileyo, ukonyusa ibango lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwibhodi yonke. Ukusukela nge-Okthobha kude kube kuphela kweyoMnga yowama-2018, amanani eemithwalo zamazwe aphesheya akhule nge-7,64%, kulandela ukungeniswa kweBritish Airways ngqo eya eThekwini.
