Idatha entsha kaRhulumente wase-Bhritane ityhila indima ebalulekileyo Heathrow Isikhululo senqwelomoya sidlale ekuxhobiseni abasebenzi abasebenza phambili kunye nezibhedlele kumlo wabo Covid-19. Ukususela ngoJanuwari ukuya ku-Matshi kulo nyaka, u-Heathrow wamkele iitoni ezingama-5,269 zezinto ezithile zempahla yezonyango ezifuneka ngokungxamisekileyo kwindyikityha ye-COVID-19 kubandakanya izixhobo zasesibhedlele, i-PPE, inzalo kunye nokubulala iintsholongwane kwiimveliso, ioksijini yezonyango, amayeza, ii-swabs kunye neekiti zovavanyo ezivela kubathwali beempahla abazinikeleyo njenge-DHL Ukuchaza okanye ukubuyisela inqwelo moya yabakhweli. Ngo-Matshi kuphela, u-Heathrow ungenise phantse i-33% (32.9%) yezixhobo eziphambili zase-UK zokulwa i-COVID-19, ngexabiso, xa kuthelekiswa namanye amazibuko ase-UK kubandakanya oololiwe, abomoya kunye namazibuko olwandle.
Ngaphezulu kukaJanuwari ukuya ku-Matshi kulo nyaka, u-Heathrow ukwamkele i-58% yamayeza asuka e-UK ngexabiso, egxininisa indima yenqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ekuvulekeni kwemigca ebalulekileyo yokubonelela ngezempilo.
La manani kulindeleke ukuba anyuke kwiiveki ezizayo njengoko iinqwelomoya ezininzi sele ziqalisile ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya, iinqwelomoya eziyilelwe kuphela injongo yokuhambisa imithwalo eHeathrow, okanye ukuphinda wenze iinqwelo-moya zabakhweli ukuze zisetyenziswe kwimithwalo. IBritish Airways, iVirgin Atlantic kunye neAmerican Airlines zezinye zeenqwelo moya eziye zaphinda zayila ukusetyenziswa kweenqwelomoya zokukhwela zisebenzisa izitulo, izitshixo zaphezulu kunye nendawo yokugcina izinto ezibalulekileyo. Ngokupheleleyo, iinqwelomoya ezihamba ngemithwalo kuphela ezingama-4153 zifikile eHeathrow ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka-ukonyuka kwe-304% xa kuthelekiswa ne-2019.
Oku kuye kwathetha ukuba, nanjengoko ukungeniswa okupheleleyo kwe-UK kuyehla, ixabiso lokungeniswa elizweni ngeHeathrow liyaqhubeka ukwanda. IHeathrow yayingumjelo we-36% yelizwe liphela ingeniso ngexabiso ngo-Matshi-ukunyuka kwe-20% xa kuthelekiswa kwinyanga enye kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Njengoko ilizwe likhangela indlela yokufumana uqoqosho emva kweziphumo zalo bhubhane, indima kaHeathrow njengomnyango wangaphambili wezorhwebo uya kubaluleka ngakumbi.
Umphathi we-Heathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe:
“IHeathrow ingaphezulu kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya nje - ngowona mnyango mkhulu weli lizwe, ungapheleli nje ebantwini, kodwa ikwangumsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu, obaluleke kakhulu kumaqhawe ase-UK.
Izindululo zikaNobhala Wezwe Wezothutho malunga ne-bhulorho yomoya esekwe emngciphekweni iya kuvumela urhwebo ukuba luqhubeke phakathi kweendawo ezinomngcipheko ophantsi, lukhusele impilo yoluntu kwaye lenze ukuba uHeathrow adlale indima yakhe ekuqaliseni ukubuyela kuqoqosho lwesizwe. Abaphathiswa bathathe inyathelo elinoxanduva kwaye sizakuqhubeka nokusebenza nabo ukubetha i-COVID-19 kwaye sibuyisele uqoqosho lwase-UK kwezempilo kwakhona. ”
Ethetha ngamanani akutshanje, u-Elizabeth de Jong, uMlawuli woMgaqo-nkqubo, uMbutho wezoThutho lweZithuthi (FTA) uthe:
Imithwalo yomoya ibalulekile ukugcina ukuthembeka konikezelo zinkonzo e-UK, kwaye incede amashishini amelane neemfuno ezingazange zibonwe kwiindawo ezibandakanya amayeza, ukutya nezinye izinto eziyimfuneko. Ubhubhane we-COVID-19 ubonakalisile ukomelela kwishishini lezinto zase-UK, alincedanga kangako ngokuba bhetyebhetye kwabaqhubi bomoya ngeHeathrow ukukhupha amandla ongezelelweyo okuxhasa i-UK PLC ”
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Secretary of State for Transport's proposals for a potential risk-based “air bridge” will allow trade to continue between low-risk destinations, protect the public health and enable Heathrow to play its part in kickstarting the nation's economic recovery .
- The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the resilience of the UK's logistics industry, helped in no small part by the flexibility of air operators via Heathrow to release additional capacity to support UK PLC”.
- As the country looks for a way to recover economically after the effects of the pandemic, Heathrow's role as the front door for trade will become even more vital.
