I-LONDON - Iinqwelomoya zaseYurophu kunye nomqhubi wesikhululo seenqwelomoya e-UK obalaseleyo ngoMvulo ubonise ukuba ukugcwala kwabakhweli kuzinzile emva kweminyaka emibini yokuwa, kodwa ukugcwala kwe-Atlantiki, umqhubi wengeniso yeBritish Airways PLC, kuhlala kumdaka kwaye abahlalutyi balumkise ukuba ishishini alikho. ndisete ukuchacha okwangoku.
I-Association of European Airlines, emele abathwali benethiwekhi yaseYurophu ecwangcisiweyo ye-33, yathi amanani okuqala abonisa ukuhla kwezithuthi kuthotywe ngoJulayi, enye yeenyanga eziphambili zokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya eYurophu ngenxa yokuqalisa kweeholide zasehlotyeni. Umbutho uthe izithuthi zikaJulayi, ezilinganiswe kwiikhilomitha zabakhweli, zehle nge-2.2% ngonyaka, xa kuthelekiswa nokuwa kwe-6.5% ngoJuni kunye nokuhla kwe-8.3% ngoMeyi.
Iqela lezikhululo zeenqwelomoya zase-UK Iqela le-BAA – elingumnini wezikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaseLondon iHeathrow, iGatwick neStansted kunye neSouthampton kuMazantsi eNgilane naseGlasgow, Edinburgh naseAberdeen eSkotlani – lathi izikhululo zeenqwelomoya zayo ziphethe abakhweli abazizigidi ezili-14.5 ngoJulayi, zehle nge-2.4% ngoJulayi ka-2008, kulandela ukwehla kwenani labakhweli I-5.9% ngoJuni kunye ne-7.3% ngoMeyi.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHeathrow, esona sikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-UK kunye nesiseko esikhulu se-BA, sibuyele ekukhuleni, siphethe abakhweli abazizigidi ezi-6.5, benyuka nge-0.9% ngoJulayi ka-2008. I-BAA, iyunithi ye-Grupo Ferrovial SA yaseSpain, yathi yayiyeyona ndawo ixakekileyo kwisikhululo sikaJulayi ukususela ngo-2006.
Nangona kunjalo, abahlalutyi beshishini balumkise ukuba amanani asenokungabonakalisi ukuchacha kweshishini leenqwelomoya. Batsho ukuba uzinzo lunokubonisa ukuba abathengi abaninzi abakakulungeli ukuncama iiholide zasehlotyeni, kodwa ngokunyuka kwentswela-ngqesho kunye neerhafu ezimiselwe ukunyuka, imfuno yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya imiselwe ukuhlala ibuthathaka.
I-Airports Council International, iqumrhu lokurhweba kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya emhlabeni jikelele, uthe ngoMvulo ugcina uqikelelo lwalo lokuwa kwe-8% kumanani abakhweli kunye nokwehla kwe-16% kwimpahla kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseYurophu ngexesha lonke lika-2009. Izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaziphantsi nge-10% kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka.
“Ngaphezu kwe-85% yezikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaseYurophu zithwaxwa yitrafikhi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka. Ukuchacha kwetrafikhi akukabonakali, nangona sinokuthi sifike ezantsi, ”utshilo uMlawuli Jikelele we-ACI yaseYurophu u-Olivier Jankovec.
Iinqwelomoya kwihlabathi liphela ziye zanika ingxelo yelahleko eyandayo okanye iingeniso ezicuthekileyo njengengxaki yetyala kunye nokudodobala koqoqosho kwehlise imfuno yokuhamba ngomoya kunye nomthwalo womoya. Kwiiveki zamva nje, uninzi luthe kukho imiqondiso yozinzo kwitrafikhi yabakhweli bomoya, nangona ukuhla kweshishini kulindeleke ukuba kuqhubeke kunyaka olandelayo, ubuncinci.
Ukuphendula, iinqwelomoya zinqumle iindlela kunye neenqwelomoya eziphantsi, kwaye zazama ukunciphisa iindleko kwenye indawo ngokubeka abasebenzi okanye ukunciphisa iinkonzo ezinikezelwa kwiinqwelomoya.
I-AEA ithe ukuncitshiswa kwamandla ngamalungu ayo kwancipha ukuya kwi-3% ngoJulayi, kwaye oku kwakwanele ukuchasana nokuhla kwenani labakhweli, oku kuthetha ukuba iinqwelomoya zazigcwele.
I-BA ibe yenye yezona nqwelomoya zichaphazeleke kakhulu kuba ixhomekeke kakhulu kwitrafikhi yeprimiyamu ukuwela iAtlantiki ngaphandle kwesiseko sayo seHeathrow. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, yaxela ilahleko yokuqala yerhafu yekota yokuqala njengenqwelomoya yabucala, njengoko yalumkisa ngelithi abo basabhabhayo bachitha kancinci.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, i-BA ibike ukuba ukugcwala kwabakhweli, kulinganiswe kwiikhilomitha zabakhweli bengeniso, benyuke nge-1% unyaka nonyaka ngoJulayi njengoko behlise umthamo, nangona inani labakhweli ebelithwele lehle nge-1.2% ngonyaka ukuya kwi-3.21 yezigidi. I-traffic yayo yeprimiyamu, uninzi lwabakhweli beshishini abahlawula ngaphezulu kwamatikiti abo, behle nge-11% ngonyaka.
I-BAA ithe i-traffic yaseYurophu kunye ne-long-haul traffic, ngaphandle kweendlela ze-Atlantiki, yakhula kwizikhululo zeenqwelo-moya ngoJulayi, kodwa i-traffic yasekhaya yase-UK kunye ne-charter traffic yaqhubeka ihla, kwaye i-traffic trans-Atlantic yayihla nge-8% ngonyaka. Ngokukhanya kwethemba le-BA, i-traffic trans-Atlantic e-Heathrow yayiphantsi kuphela nge-2.1%.
I-BAA ithe imithwalo yemithwalo nayo ibonise ukuhla okucothayo kweyeKhala, kodwa isehle nge-11.7% kulo nyaka. Ukuthuthwa kwempahla kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya zehle nge-17% ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngo-2009 xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ongaphambili.
I-BAA inyanzeliswa ukuba ithengise izikhululo zeenqwelomoya zayo ezithathu - iGatwick, iStansted kunye nokuba yi-Edinburgh okanye iGatwick - kuba umlawuli ochasene nentembeko wase-UK ugwebe ukuba ulawula kakhulu kwinqwelomoya yase-UK. Isibhenele isigqibo, okuthetha ukuba ukuthengiswa kwaso nasiphi na isikhululo seenqwelomoya akunakwenzeka ngaphambi konyaka ozayo.
I-airline yase-Ireland i-Aer Lingus Group PLC ngoMvulo ithe ithwele abakhweli abazizigidi ezisisi-1.12 ngoJulayi, inyuke nge-8.2% ngonyaka njengokunyuka kwamanani nge-11.2% kwiindlela zayo zokuhamba ezimfutshane ukuya kwisigidi esinye ngaphezu kokunciphisa ukuhla kwe-12.4% kubakhweli abahamba ixesha elide. .
Kwiveki ephelileyo, imbangi yayo enkulu iRyanair Holdings PLC ibike ukutsiba kwe-19% kumanani abakhweli ngoJulayi ukuya kwi-6.7 yezigidi zabakhweli. I-Ryanair, eyona nto ithwala ixabiso eliphantsi eYurophu, ikhule ngamandla kwiminyaka yakutshanje njengoko yongeze iindlela ezintsha. Yenze iinzame ezintathu zokuthatha i-Aer Lingus, kodwa okwangoku ayiphumelelanga ukufumana imbangi yayo ngenxa yokuba abanini-zabelo abakhulu abafana norhulumente wase-Ireland kunye neemanyano zabaqhubi banqabile ukuthengisa i-Aer Lingus yabo kwi-Ryanair.
