Kwi-2019, unyaka wethu wokulinganisa wohambo lwangaphambi kwe-COVID, uMbindi Mpuma unesabelo esisezantsi samandla omoya wasekhaya, isihlalo esinye kwezintlanu ezinikezelwayo kunyaka wekhalenda sachazwa njengophapho lwangaphakathi. Oku kuthelekiswa nomndilili wehlabathi we-59% kunye neemarike ezinje ngeNyakatho-mpuma ye-Asia kunye noMntla noMzantsi Melika apho imisebenzi yasekhaya ibalwa ngaphezulu kwekota ezintathu zempahla yeenqwelo moya e2019.

Kwezinye iimarike ezinkulu apho akukho kunxibelelana komoya wasekhaya ukuxhasa ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo ngelixa imiqobo yokuhamba yamazwe aphesheya ihleli.

Ukuxhomekeka ekungeneni kwasekhaya ayisiyonto inokukhetha kwiimarike ezinjengeBahrain, iKuwait, iLebhanon neQatar, ngelixa e-United Arab Emirates (UAE) iinqwelomoya zeenqwelo moya zasekhaya zingaphantsi kwe-0.1% yeeshedyuli. Kwiinkampani zeenqwelo moya kwiimarike ezinjengeIran neSaudi Arabia libali elahlukileyo, kwaye banokujonga ngokuqinisekileyo ukwandisa umsebenzi kwiimarike zabo zekhaya ezinamandla ukuzisa ingeniso efuneka kakhulu kumashishini abo.

Ngapha koko, ukubuyiswa kwasekhaya eSaudi Arabia sele kubonisa iimpawu ezintle, kumaza amaxesha ubuncinci.

Uhlalutyo lweCAPA lubonisa ukuba ii-frequency zasekhaya ezicwangcisiweyo veki nganye e-Kingdom zikhule zaya kufikelela kwinqanaba le-3,000 yokuhamba. Ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezimbini zokuqala zika-2021 ezazimele malunga ne-23% yokwehla kwangexesha elifanayo ngo-2020 ngaphambi kokuba izithintelo ze-COVID zibethe kwalapha ekhaya.

Ngapha koko, u-CEO we-flyadeal u-Con Korfiatis wandixelela kwinyanga ephelileyo kudliwanondlebe olukhethekileyo lwe-CAPA Live ukuba i-LCC ngokwayo ibonelela ngeeshedyuli ezinamaza ali-10% asezantsi kuneli xesha kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Ucacisile “kukutya okunamandla kakhulu kukhenketho lwasekhaya” kunye nophuhliso lokhenketho lwasekhaya ngenxa yokuba abantu bengakwazi ukuhamba kumazwe aphesheya. Ukuba awukalujonganga udliwanondlebe, unokulufikelela kwiimfuno ngeqonga leCAPA Live.

Ngelixa olu lwazi lwaseSaudi Arabia lubonisa okuhle kwiimarike zasekhaya, uxinzelelo oluvela kuthintelo lokuhamba kumazwe aphesheya lwenzakalisa inqwelo moya ye-Middle East. Idatha yakutshanje ye-IATA kaJan-2021 ibonisa ukuba ukugcwala kwabahambi kwehle kwihlabathi liphela, zombini xa kuthelekiswa nenqanaba langaphambi kwe-COVID (xa kuthelekiswa noJan-2019) kwaye kuthelekiswa nenyanga yangoko (Dec-2020).

Iyonke imfuno yehlabathi ngoJan-2021 (ilinganiswe kwii-RPKs) yehla -72.0% xa kuthelekiswa noJan-2019. Oku kubi kakhulu kune-69.7% yonyaka-nangaphezulu-konyaka ukwehla okurekhodwe ngo-Dec-2020. Imfuno yasekhaya yehla -47.4% xa kuthelekiswa nenqanaba langaphambi kwengxaki (Jan-2019) kunye -42.9% ukusebenza konyaka nonyaka ngo-Dec-2020. Imfuno yamazwe aphesheya ngoJanuwari yayingu -85.6% ngaphantsi kukaJanuwari 2019, ukwehla okungaphezulu xa kuthelekiswa -85.3% ukwehla okurekhodwe ngoDisemba-2020.

Ngamazwi omphathi jikelele we-IATA u-Alexandre de Juniac, idatha ibonisa ukuba "i-2021 iqala kakubi kunokuba i-2020 iphelile". Kwi-Middle East iindiza zeenqwelo moya zabona ukufuna -82.3% ngoJanuwari xa kuthelekiswa noJan-2019. Oku ngokubanzi akuzange kutshintshwe ukusuka kwi -82.6% yemfuno yokuhla ngo-Disemba-2020 xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo. Umthamo wehle isibini kwisithathu, wehla -67.6%, kwaye umthwalo wehlile kumanqaku eepesenti ezingama-33.9 ukuya kuma-40.8%.

Ukuthi i-2021 ayikaqalanga kakuhle eMbindi Mpuma, enyanisweni umhlaba, yinto ephantsi. Amathemba emali kulo nyaka aya esiba mandundu njengoko oorhulumente beqinisa izithintelo zokuhamba kwaye i-IATA ilumkise ukuba ishishini liya kutshisa nge-USD75 ukuya kwi-USD95 yezigidigidi zemali kulo nyaka, endaweni yokuguqula imali ikwikota yesine, njengoko bekucingwa ngaphambili.

Ukubhabha kumazwe aphesheya kuthatha ezimbini ukuya kwi-tango kunye nokufumana kwakhona unxibelelwano kuMbindi Mpuma kuxhomekeke kwinkululeko yokuhamba usuka phesheya.

Ukuthelekisa iishedyuli zamanye amazwe kwiinyanga ezimbini zokuqala zika-2021 kunye namaxesha afanayo kwi-2019 kunye ne-2020 kubonisa ukuba unzulu kangakanani umsantsa. Inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yamazwe aphesheya ngaphakathi nakuMbindi Mpuma yahlala phantsi phantse isibini kwisithathu, yehla i65.0% xa ithelekiswa nonyaka wama-2020 yaza yehla -63.8% xa kuthelekiswa nango-2019. Kwilizwe kuphela yi-Iran, iLebhanon neQatar ezifumene isiqingatha somthamo ababenawo ngexesha kwiinyanga ezimbini zokuqala zonyaka ophelileyo.

Into enomdla kukuba, ngelixa ezona ntengiso zinkulu zommandla ziye zahlaselwa ngamandla zizithintelo zohambo lwamanye amazwe kunye nokuthotyelwa kwebango, eneneni ziqhuba ngcono kunezinye iimarike ezinkulu zehlabathi. Benza buthathaka, ewe, kodwa abanye bopha kakhulu.

Kwiveki ephelileyo, ingalo yecandelo lokuhamba leCAPA, i-CTC-uLuntu oluHlangeneyo loKhenketho lugqibe uhlalutyo lwangaphakathi lweemarike ezinkulu zelizwe jikelele, ngokuthelekisa iishedyuli zikaFebruwari-2021 kunye no-Feb-2019. Kubonakalisile ukuba amazwe akummandla anyukile ukubekwa kwinqanaba lehlabathi. I-Qatar inyukile ukusuka kwintengiso ye-25th yamazwe aphesheya ngo-Feb-2019 ukuya kwi-7th enkulu ngo-Feb-2021, i-Saudi Arabia inyuke ukusuka kwi-25 ukuya kwi-13, ngelixa i-United Arab Emirates inyuke ukusuka kwi-6 ukuya kwindawo ye-2.

Njengoko sibona i-COVID-19 iyaqhubeka nokwenza isithunzi esikhulu kuhambo lomoya. Thatha umzekelo iKuwait.

Eli lilizwe elingenawo uthungelwano lomoya lwasekhaya kwaye apho ngaphandle kwamanyathelo amadraconia okulwa ukosuleleka kwe-coronavirus, kusenzima kumazinga aphezulu osulelo kubantu abayisigidi. Impendulo yokuqala yaseKuwait ifumene indumiso evela kuMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi, kodwa ukungalingani kwawo ngokwejografi nakwintlalo, kunye nokusilela kucwangciso lwedolophu, kulawulo kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo, ekugqibeleni ziye zasilela ukubamba ubhubhane.

Amatyala e-COVID-19 e-Kuwait ngoku abetha phezulu, ngaphezulu konyaka ukusukela ukurekhodwa kwamatyala ayo kwaye ngoku angaphezulu kwe-196,000 amatyala aqinisekisiweyo elizweni, nangona abantu ababuleweyo ngethamsanqa bahlala bephantsi. Izithintelo zokuhamba ezinzima bezikhona, kodwa ezi ziye zaqiniswa, zanefuthe kubathwali bomoya kweli lizwe- i-Kuwait Airways, kunye neJazeera Airways.

I-Jazeera Airways ngokukodwa ibibhabha phezulu ngaphambi kokufika kwe-COVID. Ukutyala imali kwisiphelo sayo kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseKuwait, kunye nenqwelomoya yanamhlanje yenqwelomoya ekhonza uthungelwano olwandisiweyo, ibingqina ukhetho oluthandwayo kubahambi.

Ngo-Okthobha u-2019 yade yasungula inqwelomoya eya eLondon, iphelisa iBritish Airways kunye ne-Kuwait Airways duopoly Inkonzo yayo eLondon Gatwick imele isiganeko esibalulekileyo kwimakethi yedolophu engakhange ibone umntu omtsha ongenayo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50. Phambi kokufika kwayo I-Kuwait Airways kunye neBritish Airways babonelele ngamanqanaba azinzileyo omthamo phakathi kweSixeko saseKuwait neLondon, nangona eyangaphambili yongeze imijikelezo kathathu eyongezelelweyo ngeveki ehlobo 2019 ngaphambi nje kokuba uJazeera angene kwintengiso.

Ngaphezu koko, ukukhula kukaJazeera kwakuhanjiswa ngokuzinzileyo kwaye kunenzuzo- abanye banokuthi impumelelo enqabileyo kwishishini leenqwelo moya. Kodwa ifuthe le-COVID ngoku liyacaca.

Kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo, inkampani yezindiza ibhengeze iziphumo zayo zowe-2020 kunye nelahleko eyilahleko ye-KWD26.4 yezigidi zeedinari zaseKwaiti (ezimalunga ne-USD87 yezigidi), ilahleko yokusebenza kwe-KWD20.7 yezigidi kunye nengeniso yonyaka eyehla ukuya kwi-KWD41.4 yezigidi. Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-airline ibirekhode inzuzo eyi-KWD14.9 yezigidi, inzuzo yokusebenza ye-KWD14.2 yezigidi kwaye yenze imali engaphezulu kwe-KWD103 yezigidi.

Okwangoku, i-Kuwait Airways yaphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo kunyaka ophelileyo, hayi e-Kuwait kuphela, kodwa kwihlabathi liphela, ifumana ii-A330-800 zokuqala kwiAirbus… eneneni zimbini zazo. Inqwelomoya ziyinxalenye yomyalelo wohlobo lwesibhozo, olubandakanya iinjineli zeRoll-Royce Trent ezingama-7000, kunye nophuculo oluninzi lokubonelela ngenqwelomoya esebenza ngakumbi kuneenguqulelo zayo ezindala.

Kuqwalaselo lwe-Kuwait Airways i-A330-800neo ithatha abakhweli abangama-235, inemibhede engama-32 ethe tyaba kwigumbi loshishino kunye nezihlalo ezingama-203 kuQoqosho ngelixa ibonelela ngemithwalo emikhulu ekwaziyo ukufumana izibonelelo zomthwalo wabantu abakhasayo ezifumaneka kweli candelo lehlabathi. Ukusetyenziswa kwesihlalo seCollins Aerospace Super Diamond kwigumbi loshishini akukho nto intsha - isihlalo sele sinikezelwa ngumbutho wezinye iinqwelomoya - kodwa simele ukuphuculwa kwemveliso ephathekayo. Ngapha koko, imele umnikelo ophuculweyo kunoko kulungiselelwe iinqanawa zayo ezingama-777 ezisebenza kwiiflegi zenqwelo moya.