I-Heathrow yokukhaba-iqala ihlobo ngeendlela ezintsha, ulwaneliseko oluphezulu lwabakhweli

I-Heathrow yamkele irekhodi yabakhweli be-7.25m ngoJuni, inyuke nge-1.7% kunyaka ophelileyo, ngokukhula okuqhutywa ziinqwelo-moya ezizeleyo ekuqaleni kweholide yehlobo. Le ibiyinyanga yama-32 ilandelelana yokukhula kwe Heathrow Isikhululo senqwelomoya.
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I-Afrika ibone ukukhula okuphindwe kabini, ukunyuka nge-11.6% kunyaka ophelileyo, kunye neendlela ezintsha eziya eThekwini, iinqwelomoya ezinkulu eziya eNigeria kunye nokunyuka kwamaza okuya eRhawutini. I-North America nayo yabonakala ithandwa kubakhweli be-Heathrow, ngokukhula kwe-3.5%, njengoko imarike esele ixakekile yandiswa ngakumbi ngeenkonzo ezintsha ePittsburgh, eCharleston naseLas Vegas.

Abakhweli baseBhritane ngoku bayakwazi ukubhabha ngokuthe ngqo kwesinye sezixeko ezisibhozo zaseTshayina ukusuka eHeathrow emva kokusungulwa kwendlela yokuqala eya ngqo yaseYurophu eya eZhengzhou. I-China esemazantsi.

Ngaphezulu kwe-130,000 yeetoni zeemetric zomthwalo ohambe ngeHeathrow kwinyanga ephelileyo, uMbindi Mpuma (+9.1%) kunye neLatin America (unyuke nge-8.1%) ebona ukukhula komthwalo.

Iprojekthi yolwandiso ifezekise elinye inyathelo elibalulekileyo njengoko isikhululo seenqwelomoya saqalisa uthethathethwano olusemthethweni lweeveki ezili-12, sityhila isicwangciso sobuchule esikhethwayo seyona projekthi inkulu yase-UK yeziseko ezingundoqo ezixhaswa ngemali yabucala.

Izithuthi ezimfutshane zeBritish Airways ziye zagqwesa kwitheyibhile yeligi ethi 'Fly Quiet and Green' ngoJuni, ithathe indawo ephezulu yokuphucula ukusebenza kwayo kokusingqongileyo ukusukela ngoJanuwari ukuya kuMatshi.

I-Heathrow kwakhona yaba siSikhululo seeNqwelo-moya esiZinzileyo sokuqala ehlabathini esinamaqabane okutya nesiselo kuzo zonke iitheminali ezine eqinisekisa ukulandeleka, unikezelo lwentlanzi oluzinzileyo kwiinyanga ezili-12 ezizayo.

'Amaxesha okulinda ekuFudukeleni' aphumeze irekhodi entsha yenkonzo ngoJuni kunye nama-92% abakhweli abafikayo babeka amava abo 'njengaBasemagqabini' okanye 'Alungile'. Abakhweli abaninzi bonwabela amava alungelelanisiweyo kumda waseBritane ngoku abantu abavela e-US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Singapore, Japan kunye noMzantsi Korea bavunyelwe ukusebenzisa i-eGates.

Umphathi we-Heathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe:

“Uqoqosho lwase-UK luxhomekeke kwinqwelomoya, kwaye iindlela zethu ezintsha ziqinisekisa ukuba abakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela banokufika kuzo zonke iindawo zaseBritane kweli hlobo, kunye nokuvula amathuba amatsha okurhweba. Ukukhula akunakubakho nangaliphi na ixabiso. Siyakwamkela ukuzibophelela kwe-UK ekufumaneni i-zero carbon ngo-2050, kwaye sisebenzisana namaqabane oshishino ukuqinisekisa ukuba inqwelomoya idlala indima yayo njengoko sidibanisa iBritane kuhlumo lwehlabathi.