Isigqibo seBritish Airlines sokuzisa inqwelomoya ethe ngqo, engamisiyo phakathi kweHairrow Airport yaseLondon kunye neKing Shaka International Airport ngumdlalo otshintshe iKwaZulu-Natal nanjengoko izakubanegalelo ekunyukeni kokufika kwamazwe avela eUnited Kingdom Amantla Emelika.
IBritish Airways ibhengeze ukwaziswa kwendlela eya kubaphulaphuli behlabathi namhlanje (NgoLwesibini, ngoMeyi umhla wesibhozo ngowama-8), ngelixesha uMphathiswa woPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho, uKhenketho neMicimbi yezeNdalo, uMnu Sihle Zikalala, ebhengeze isigqibo ekudala silindelwe kubameli Ukuhamba kweAfrika INDABA eDurban. Indlela ixhume kakhulu kwicandelo lezokhenketho, ixhasa utyalomali lwangaphandle ngqo, ukuphucula unxibelelwano kumashishini kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuxhotyiswa koqoqosho lwabemi boMzantsi Afrika.
Ukulandela ngokusondeleyo kwizithende zeenqwelomoya ezinjengeQatar Airways, Emirates, Air Mauritius kunye neTurkey Airlines, ezinikezela ngeenqwelomoya ngokuthe ngqo eDoha, eDubai, eMauritius naseIstanbul, IBritish Airways izakuqala ukubhabha amatyeli amathathu eeshedyuli ngokuthe ngqo ukusuka kwiTheminali yesi-5 yaseLondon Heathrow. ukuya eThekwini, eKing Shaka International Airport, ukuqala ngomhla wama-29 kweyeDwarha 2018.
UMphathiswa uZikalala uthe isigqibo seBA siyakuvumela iKwaZulu-Natal ukuba ibonakale njengendawo yokhenketho nendawo yezoshishino kubaphulaphuli behlabathi, “Ukwahluka kakhulu kukhenketho nakumathuba oshishino abafikelela kuwo ngale ndlela yokungena kwiphondo laKwaZulu-Natal. amandla. ”
Kwimbali etyebileyo, iGreat Britain kunye naKwaZulu-Natal babelana wathi, “Siyavuya ukukwazi ukuvuselela obu budlelwane ngokusungulwa kwale ndlela intsha. Utyalo-mali kunye namathuba orhwebo aziswe yile nqwelo moya phakathi kweTheku neLondon ngokungathandabuzekiyo iya kongeza ixabiso kuqoqosho lwethu. ”
UMphathiswa, uZikalala uthe iKwaZulu-Natal inomdla wokubonisa iimveliso zokhenketho ezahlukileyo kwiphondo kunye namava, kubandakanya nezona ndawo zihlala indalo ehlabathini, eziphuculwa ziiNdawo zeLifa leMveli ezimbini, ezizezi Ukhahlamba Drakensberg neentaba iSt Lucia.
UZikalala wongeze ukuba imithwalo yamazwe aphesheya ngeDube Cargo Terminal ifumene ukukhula okuqhubekayo ngonyaka, okube kukunyuka kwe-138% yemithamo ukusukela ngo-2010.
“Ukungeniswa kweenqwelo-moya ezintsha zabakhweli eziya eThekwini kubonise ukukhula ngama-25% kwimithwalo yemithwalo, kunye nokunyuka okuthe rhoqo kweenqwelo-moya eziqeshiweyo. Kunyaka-mali ka-2017/218 ukukhula kwemithwalo kufikelele kwi-12%, ”utshilo.
Esi sibhengezo samkelwe ngokufudumeleyo ngusodolophu weTheku, u-Ceba Zandile Gumede, othe uxhasa isicwangciso-qhinga sebhunga sokutsala iindwendwe kunye nabatyali-mali abasuka e-UK nakwimakethi yase-Yurophu beze eThekwini.
"Le nqwelomoya izakudala imeko-bume yesixeko sethu ukuba sikwazi ukwenza ushishino namaqabane ethu aseYurophu ngokulula," utshilo uGumede. Malunga nama-90 000 abakhweli okwangoku abhabha ngokungangqalanga phakathi kweTheku neLondon edlula eRhawutini okanye kwezinye iindawo ezinjengeDubai.
UPhindile Makwakwa, iGosa eliyiNtloko eliLawulayo lezoKhenketho KwaZulu-Natal, uthe i-UK sele iyintengiso yamazwe aphesheya yaKwaZulu-Natal kwaye iinqwelomoya eziya ngqo zizakubakhuthaza abo bafikayo kweli Phondo, kubakhenkethi nakubakhenkethi.
“Ukuhambisa abantu kukhuthaza intshukumo yenkunzi ethetha ukuba uqoqosho luyasebenza kwaye luyachuma. Xa abantu besenza izigqibo zokuhamba, ubulula boqhakamshelwano luphezulu kuluhlu lwabo lokuqwalaselwa. Olu nxibelelwano lungqonge phakathi kwezi zixeko zibini ngokuqinisekileyo luya kwenza ukuba indawo esiya kuyo kube lula ukuyipakisha kwaye siyithengise. ”
Isikhululo senqwelomoya saseKing Shaka sime kwindawo ebanzi ekhula ngokukhawuleza ngenxa yamathuba oshishino adalwe yiDube TradePort yeNdawo eKhethekileyo yezoQoqosho.
Ngelixa ishishini liza kukhula, ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngokuthe ngqo kukwabonelela abantu balapha ukhetho ngakumbi kunye nethuba lokunxibelelana nezixeko kunye namazwe kwihlabathi liphela, wongeze watsho uMakwakwa.
IDube TradePort kuphela kwesibonelelo eAfrika esidibanisa isikhululo seenqwelomoya samanye amazwe, indawo yokugcina iimpahla, indawo yokugcina, iiofisi, intengiso, iihotele kunye nezolimo.
U-Hamish Erskine, u-CEO we-Dube TradePort, uthe inkonzo yomoya yase-Durban-London iyahambelana nomkhwa wehlabathi apho iinqwelo-moya zisiya ngokubhabha ngokuthe ngqo zisiya kwizixeko eziziisekondari ezivela kwiindawo zoqoqosho lwehlabathi. “Oku kuzisa ithuba elikhulu kuzo zombini iindawo zokukhulisa amashishini, urhwebo, utyalomali, inkcubeko kunye nezonxibelelwano. Okwangoku, bangama-90 000 abakhweli ababhabha phakathi kweLondon neThekwini minyaka le, iKing Shaka International ibone nomthamo wabahambi ufikelela kwizigidi ezi-5.6 okokuqala kunyaka-mali ophelileyo. ”Utshilo uErskine.
Ukuthumela kwelinye ilizwe eMzantsi Afrika e-UK kwenza i-4.5% yelizwe liphela elithumela kwelinye ilizwe. I-US ne-United Kingdom zezesithathu nezesine ngobukhulu iindlela zokurhweba ngemithwalo yomoya engenayo nephuma eKZN.
“Sibona imfuno esempilweni kwindlela yase-UK, njengoko imi ngenqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya phakathi kweTheku neLondon ingaphezulu kwe-1500 yeetoni ngonyaka, oku kulindeleke ukuba inyuke kakhulu kunye nemithamo eyongezelelweyo kwiimarike zase-US eziqhagamshela nge-British Airways London hub,” u-Erskine utshilo.
U-Alex Cruz, uSihlalo we-British Airways kunye ne-CEO, uthe amanzi ashushu aseThekwini, ihlobo elishushu kunye nokubuyela umva elunxwemeni kwenza esi sixeko singaselunxwemeni indawo efanelekileyo yeholide yeBrits.
“Isango eliya kwiindawo ezininzi zolondolozo lwendalo, kwiipaki nakwiindawo ezinembali, kwaye linendawo yokutya ephucukileyo, isiselo kunye nobugcisa; Ukuchaza isixeko njengotyelelo lwezenkcubeko nolonwabo, ”utshilo uCroz.
Ngokwembono yezoqoqosho, le ndlela ikwazisa ubudlelwano obuphucukileyo bezorhwebo njengoko i-United Kingdom kungoku nje iliqabane lesibini ngobukhulu boMzantsi Afrika kurhwebo lokuthumela ngaphandle eYurophu.
