KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - I-International Air Transport Association yabiza inkululeko engakumbi yokuqinisa imboni yeenqwelo-moya zehlabathi, ekulindeleke ukuba ilahlekelwe ngaphezu kwe-4.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kulo nyaka ngenxa yokuwa kwempahla kunye ne-traffic traffic.
UMlawuli-Jikelele we-IATA uGiovanni Bisignani uthe iinqwelomoya zijongene "nemeko engxamisekileyo" kwaye kufuneka zinikwe inkululeko enkulu yorhwebo ukuze zikhonze iimarike zehlabathi kwaye zidibanise.
Uthe iinqwelomoya ezinkulu ezingama-50 zibike i-US $ 3.3 yezigidigidi kwilahleko eshiyekileyo kwikota yokuqala ye-2009 kuphela.
I-IATA, emele iinkampani zeenqwelo moya ezingama-230 kwihlabathi liphela, ilindele ukuba ilahleko yonyaka wonke ibe “mbi kakhulu” kune-4.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ebiyiqikelelwe ngoMatshi, utshilo. Izakutyhila uqikelelo lwayo olutsha kwindibano yayo yonyaka apha ngoMvulo.
“Sijongene nomothuko ofunekayo… uyakubona ubomvu obumnyama ngakumbi. Mhlawumbi sichukumise ezantsi kodwa asikayiboni impucuko,” uxelele iintatheli.
UBisignani uthe i-United States kunye neYurophu kufuneka zihlaziye isivumelwano sazo sesibhakabhaka esivulekileyo ukuze sisenze sibe nenkululeko ngakumbi, sisusa izithintelo ezinje ngeminqwazi yobunini bangaphandle kubathwali basekhaya.
“Lixesha lokuba oorhulumente bavuke. Asiceli ntlawulo kodwa into esiyicelayo kukuba sinikwe ithuba elifana nalamanye amashishini,” utshilo
UBisiginani uthe uyasixhasa isicelo seAmerican Airlines kunye neBritish Airways yokusebenzisana kwiinqwelomoya zeAtlantiki - okwangoku iphantsi kovavanyo ngenxa yokoyika ukwaphula imithetho yokungathembeki.
I-American Airlines ifuna ukungakhuseleki kwimithetho ye-antitrust yase-US ukuze isebenzisane ne-BA, Iberia Airlines, Finnair kunye neRoyal Jordanian kwiinqwelomoya ezidlula iAtlantiki. I-American kunye ne-BA zithi oku kuya kubavumela ukuba bakhuphisane ngokufanelekileyo namanye amaqela amabini eenqwelo-moya asele evunyelwe ukusebenza kunye kumaxabiso, iishedyuli kunye nezinye iinkcukacha.
Kodwa abagxeki, bekhokelwa yintloko ye-Virgin Atlantic Airways uRichard Branson, bathi iMelika kunye ne-BA sele zinamandla kwaye ukungakhuseleki kuya kukhokelela kumaxabiso aphezulu kwiindlela zase-US-UK. Umbutho wabaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseMelika nawo woyike ukuba uza kutshintsha izabelo ezibhabhayo zibe ngamaxabiso aphantsi abathwali bamazwe angaphandle ngezivumelwano ezivulekileyo zesibhakabhaka.
UBisignani uthe abathwali baseAsia, abathatha ipesenti ezingama-44 kwintengiso yempahla yehlabathi, baya kuba sesona sithwaxwa sibi kwezoqoqosho.
Imfuno yabakhweli behlabathi jikelele yehla ngeepesenti ze-7.5 kwixesha likaJanuwari-Aprili, kunye nabathwali base-Asia abakhokela ukuwa nge-11.2 yeepesenti. Imfuno yempahla yehle ngeepesenti ezingama-22 kwihlabathi liphela kwaye yehle phantse ngama-25 ekhulwini eAsia.
Ukuthuthwa kweenqwelo moya zepremiyamu yehlabathi - elona shishini linengeniso kwiinqwelomoya - lehle ngeepesenti ezili-19 ngoMatshi kodwa yehla ngeepesenti ezingama-29 e-Asiya, utshilo. Amaxabiso eoyile ekrwada, nangona esezantsi kakhulu kulo nyaka uphelileyo, nawo anyuka ngokuthe chu ngaphezulu kwe-60 yeedola ngomphanda kwaye ezi "ziindaba ezimbi," utshilo.
"Kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo, kuya kuba nzima ukucinga ukubuyiswa kwenzuzo" kwishishini lehlabathi, wongezelela
Ngaphezulu kweenkokeli zezoshishino ze-500 ziya kuhlanganisana e-Kuala Lumpur ukususela ngoMvulo kwintlanganiso yonyaka ye-IATA kunye nenkomfa yezothutho lwezomoya yehlabathi ukuxoxa ngezicwangciso zokukhawulezisa ukubuyiswa kwecandelo.
Izithethi ziquka abaphathi abakhulu uPeter Hartman weKLM, uTony Tyler weCathay Pacific Airways, uDavid Barger weJetBlue Airways kunye noNaresh Goyal weJet Airways yaseIndiya.
