Isikhululo senqwelomoya iAdelaide sidlula kwisigidi somkhweli wamanye amazwe

Ukunyuka okubukhali kwenani labakhenkethi baseTshayina abaya eMzantsi Ostreliya kuncede isikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Adelaide ukuba sidlule kwisigidi esinye sembali yabakhweli bezizwe ngezizwe okokuqala.

Abongezelelekileyo abangama-52,500 abakhweli bamazwe ngamazwe bahambe besiya nokubuya e-Adelaide enyakeni ukuya kuJuni ka-2018, ukwanda nge-5.5 yeepesenti kunyaka ophelileyo.

Olona lwando lukhulu lungenayo lube kwimarike yaseTshayina, kunye ne-11,000 eyongezelelweyo yeendwendwe zaseTshayina ezifike kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

Olona nyuso lukhulu lwamanani abakhweli abaphumayo lwalukwimarike yaseFiji, malunga ne-8,000 yabemi boMzantsi Australia abaninzi abasebenzisa inkonzo entsha, ngqo yeFiji Airways ukuya eNadi.

Ukonyuka kwamanani kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseAdelaide kukwangqamana nokunyuka kweenqwelomoya eziya ngqo eDoha (Qatar Airways), Guangzhou (China Southern), Singapore (Singapore Airlines), Bali (Jetstar) naseAuckland (Air New Zealand).

I-Malaysia Airlines kunye ne-Cathay Pacific nazo zibhengeze ukunyuka kwenkonzo kwisiqingatha sesibini se-2018.

Umsebenzi wokwandiswa kwe-Adelaide yezigidi zeerandi ezili-165 zeSikhululo seenqwelomoya esona sikhululo siqale kwinyanga ephelileyo kwaye kuya kuphucula kakhulu amava okufika kunye nokuhamba kubakhweli bamanye amazwe.

I-terminal footprint iyonke iya kwandiswa nge-16,500sq m kunye nommandla wokuthengisa ukhula ngaphezu kwe-80 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-7257sq m.

Ngenxa yokuba igqitywe ngo-2021, le projekthi lolona phuculo lukhulu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukusukela oko kwavulwa i-terminal ekhoyo ngo-2005.

UMlawuli oLawulayo weSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseAdelaide uMark Young uthe ukukhula okuthe gqolo kwamazwe ngamazwe komeleza isibhengezo samva nje sokwandisa eyona ndawo iphambili, kugxilwe kumaziko ehlabathi.

“Akupheleli nje ekutsaleni iinqwelomoya ezintsha eziya kwiindawo ezintsha, amaqabane ethu eenqwelomoya asele ekhona anyusa iinkonzo ukuze ahlangabezane neemfuno,” utshilo u-Young.

“Ukususela oko kwenziwa ishishini labucala ngo-1998, inani labakhweli bethu abavela kumazwe ngamazwe liye laphindaphindeka kane. Inani leendawo zokusingwa kumazwe ngamazwe linyukile ukusuka kwisi-4 ukuya kutsho kwezisi-9 kwangelo xesha linye, nto leyo eye yadala unxibelelwano olukwindawo enye nezixeko ezingaphezu kwama-300 emhlabeni jikelele.

"Siyaqhubeka nokusebenza nzima ukutsala iinqwelomoya ezintsha ezibhabha kwiindawo ezintsha, kwaye unxweme olusentshona lwase-US luninzi kwiradar yethu."

I-50 yezigidi zeedola, ihotele ye-165 yegumbi le-Atura enekhonkco ngqo kwi-terminal ekhoyo nayo kulindeleke ukuba ivulwe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Adelaide kwikota kaDisemba ka-2018.