I-LONDON (eTN) - I-British Airways ihlazekile ngokusungulwa kwesiphithiphithi kwikhaya layo elitsha laseLondon, i-Heathrow Terminal 5. Kwiiveki ezimbini emva kokuvulwa kwe-terminal ye-state-of-art, iinkqubo zisasebenza njengoko zifanele kwaye Iinqwelomoya zohambo olufutshane ziyaqhubeka ukurhoxiswa okanye ukulibaziseka.
Amashumi asixhenxe ekhulwini eenkonzo ze-BA zamazwe ngamazwe nezasekhaya ziye zatshintshelwa kwiSitena sesi-5, kwaye inkampani yeenqwelomoya iye yanyanzeleka ukuba iphonononge isigqibo sokudlulisela iinkonzo ezishiyekileyo ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Iinqwelomoya ze-BA ezinqumla eatlantic ziyaqhubeka ukusebenza ngaphandle kweSitena sesi-4 okwangoku.
Ngaphezu kwe-28,000 yezinto zemithwalo aziphumelelanga ukufikelela kwiindawo ezisingelwa kuzo, kwaye i-BA ithathe inyathelo elingaqhelekanga lokuthumela ngenqanawa ngendlela ukuya kwifemu yekhuriya eMilan kuMntla we-Italiya ukuze isasazwe kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Isithethi se-BA sathi i-airline isebenza ngokuqhubekayo ukudibanisa iingxowa kunye nabanini bazo.
Ukusukela oko iSitena sesi-5 sivulwe njengesiseko esikhethekileyo seenkonzo zeBritish Airways, inkampani yeenqwelomoya inyanzeleke ukuba irhoxise malunga neenqwelomoya ezingama-500. Eyona ngxaki iphambili ibe kukungaphumeleli kwenkqubo yothutho lwemithwalo yekhompyutha. Yagcwala kakhulu kwisithuba seeyure zokuvulwa kwetheminali kwaye ayikabuyela kwinkonzo epheleleyo.
"Ngenxa yokuba asikwazi ukusebenzisa inkqubo ezenzekelayo yokuhlaziya kwakhona kunye nokujonga kwakhona iingxowa ezilibazisekileyo kwiSitena sesi-5, iingxowa kufuneka zihanjiswe kwezinye iisayithi e-Heathrow okanye kufuphi nazo ukuze zihlolwe kwakhona ngesandla ngaphambi kokuba zibuyiswe ukuba zilayishwe kwiinqwelomoya. kwiindawo zabo. Le nkqubo itya ixesha kakhulu,” satsho isithethi seBA.
Ukongeza, ezinye izinyusi ziye zasilela kwaye abasebenzi besikhululo seenqwelomoya bafika emva kwexesha kwizikhululo zabo zokusebenza ngenxa yeempazamo kwisixhobo sokuhlola ukhuseleko. Umsebenzisi wesikhululo seenqwelomoya usilahlile isicwangciso sokuprinta ngeminwe wonke umntu ongena kwisikhululo esitsha, nangona oku kwakungenxa yenkcaso malunga nobumfihlo.
Amakhulukhulu abakhweli abasebenzisa i-Terminal 5 ngosuku lwayo lokuqala lokusebenza bashiywe ukuba balale kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kuba iihotele zazigcwele.
Ukuphazamiseka kweenkonzo kwiSitena sesi-5 kuqikelelwa ukuba kuxabisa i-British Airways i-£16m (i-US$32m) kwishishini elilahlekileyo, kodwa iziphumo zexesha elide zokusilela zinokuba nkulu ngakumbi. Isiphithiphithi sibangela iintloni ezinzulu kwinqwelomoya kunye nokusebenza kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya, iBritish Airport Authority yaseSpain.
Umphathi weBritish Airways uWillie Walsh uvumile ukuba usuku lokuqala lweSitena sesi-5 “beyintlekele,” kwaye wathi uphoxeke kakhulu kukuba ibingeyompumelelo ebekufanele ukuba yiyo. Umphathiswa we-Aviation wase-UK uJim Fitzpatrick uthe i-terminal entsha, eyakhiwe ngexabiso le-£ 4.3 yezigidigidi (i-US $ 8.6 yezigidigidi) yawela kakuhle kwizinto ebezilindelekile, kwaye abakhweli baye bafumana amava ohambo olubi ngendlela engamkelekanga.
Kwezi ntsuku zilandelayo, bekukho uxolo oluninzi oluvela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nomsebenzisi wesikhululo seenqwelomoya ngokuqhubeka iingxaki kunye nokulibaziseka kwiSitena sesi-5.
Abakhuphisana ne-BA baye bakhawuleza ukusebenzisa le meko. UVirgin Atlantic uthe amakhulu abathengi beBA baye batshintshela kwiinkonzo zabo zohambo olude ezisebenza ngaphandle kweSitena sesi-3 eHeathrow. I-BMI yathi iinkonzo zabo kwi-Terminal 1 ziqhubekile zisebenza ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye iinkonzo zomoya ze-premium ezifana ne-SilverJet esebenza ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLondon iLuton ibone ukunyuka kwezithuthi njengoko abakhweli beklasi yokuqala ye-BA batshintshe iindiza zabo ukuze baphephe ukusebenzisa i-Terminal 5 e-Heathrow.
Ukuvulwa kombhodamo kwesi sikhululo esitsha akubonisi kakuhle kuphuhliso oluphambili oluphambili lwexesha elizayo kuphapho: isivumelwano se-Open Skies esisanda kuqalisa kwaye sivula iindlela ezinqumla i-Atlantiki kuzo zonke iinqwelo-moya, kunye nezicwangciso zokwandiswa ngakumbi kweLondon Heathrow kubandakanywa umgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu itheminali yesithandathu. Zomibini ezi phuhliso zijongene nenkcaso eqinile evela kubaxhasi bendalo abaye bafumana amandla ngenxa yokuphazamiseka, kwaye babonise ukuba i-Heathrow ifikelele kumda wokusebenza kwayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Because we are unable to use the automated system for reprocessing and re-screening delayed bags in Terminal 5, bags are having to be transported to other sites at or near Heathrow to be re-screened manually before being brought back to be loaded on flights to their destinations.
- BMI said their services at Terminal 1 continued to run efficiently, and premium air services such as SilverJet operating from London Luton airport has seen a surge in traffic as BA first class passengers switched their flights to avoid using Terminal 5 at Heathrow.
- The disruption to services at Terminal 5 are estimated to have cost British Airways £16m (US$32m) in lost business, but the longer term effect of the failings could be even greater.
