IHeathrow incede abakhweli abazizigidi ezi-5.9 ngo-Okthobha, i-84% yamanqanaba ka-2019.
Kunyaka ukuza kuthi ga ngoku sisebenze i-50m, abakhweli, i-74% yamanqanaba ka-2019. Imarike yolonwabo iye yachwayita ngenxa yesiqingatha sexesha lokubaleka, nolona suku lwethu luxakekileyo ukusukela ngoJulayi, kwaye sikwabona ukubuya ngokuthe ngcembe kwabahambi ngezoshishino nabo. Ukubuyiselwa okunamandla kuMbindi Mpuma kunye ne-Asia Ephakathi kubonwa ngo-Oktobha kulindeleke ukuba kuqhubeke ngoNovemba.
Ukonyuka kwamanani abakhweli kulo nyaka kuphezulu kunaso nasiphi na esinye isikhululo seenqwelomoya eYurophu. Iinkampani kulo lonke elaseHeathrow zenze umsebenzi oncomekayo ekufuneni nasekuqeqesheni malunga nama-16,000 oogxa kwisithuba seenyanga ezili-12 ezidlulileyo, nto leyo egcina umthamo kunye nemfuno zilingana. Ngokwamazinga angoku okuqeshwa kwabantu, sisendleleni yokubuyela kumanqanaba engqesho angaphambi kobhubhane ngaphambi kwencopho yexesha leeholide zasehlotyeni ngo-2023.
Amanqanaba eenkonzo zabakhweli aye aphucuka ngokuthe ngcembe, kwaye siwongekile ukuba siye sabizwa ngokuba ‘sesona sikhululo seenqwelomoya sibalaseleyo eYurophu’ yimagazini yeBusiness Traveller. Siceba utyalo-mali olungaphezulu kwe-£4bn kule minyaka imbalwa izayo eya kwenza uhambo nge-Heathrow lube ngcono ngakumbi, kubandakanywa neendlela ezintsha zokhuseleko eziza kuvumela abakhweli ukuba bashiye ii-laptops kunye nolwelo kwiingxowa zabo, kunye nenkqubo entsha yemithwalo ye-Terminal 2. kwisivumelwano solawulo esixhasa utyalo-mali.
Besisebenza kunye neenqwelomoya kunye nabaphathi bazo emhlabeni ukulungiselela incopho yeKrisimesi, kwaye sibe nesicwangciso esihle, esingayi kufuna nayiphi na i-capacity cap. Siyazi ngoqhankqalazo olunokubakho kwimibutho eliqela, kuquka noqhankqalazo lwesizwe lweBorder Force. Sixhasa imibutho kwizicwangciso zokunciphisa nayiphi na impembelelo, kwaye sikhuthaza onke amaqela ukuba abeke umdla wabakhweli kuqala.
Siyavuya ukwamkela iinqwelomoya ezintsha ezifana neLoganair kunye neVistara yaseIndiya, ezomeleza indima kaHeathrow ekudibaniseni yonke iBritane kwiimarike ezikhulayo zehlabathi. Sicebisa utshintsho kwiintlawulo zethu zokumisa ngo-2023 eziya kuxhasa unxibelelwano olungakumbi kwimimandla kunye nezizwe zase-UK.
Ingqonyela yeHeathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe: “Sifikile kude ukusukela oko u-Omicron wamisela izicwangciso zokuhamba zeKrisimesi kunyaka ophelileyo. Heathrow, amaqabane ethu eenqwelo moya kunye nabaphathi babo bonke basebenza kunye ukuqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu unokudityaniswa nabantu ababathandayo ngale Krisimesi. "
