UHeathrow ukuphelisa isigunyaziso sobuso nge-16 kaMatshi

Abasemagunyeni kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLondon Heathrow babhengeze ukuba ukususela ngoLwesithathu, nge-16 kaMatshi, 2022, ukugquma ubuso eHeathrow akusayi kuphinda kugunyaziswe kwiitheminali zaseHeathrow, kwizikhululo zikaloliwe okanye kwizakhiwo zeeofisi.

Abo bahamba ngeHeathrow abasayi kuphinda bafuneke ukuba banxibe isigqubuthelo sobuso emva kokuba isikhululo seenqwelomoya sibhengeze ukuba siyasuka kumyalelo.

Ngokuqonda ukuba ubhubhane awukapheli, Heathrow ikhuthaza ngamandla abo bakwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuba baqhubeke nokunxiba isigqubuthelo sobuso-ingakumbi xa benxibelelana ngokusondeleyo nabanye - nangona oku kungasayi kuba yimfuneko eqinileyo.

Olu tshintsho lubonisa amanyathelo athathwe yeminye imibutho yezothutho e-UK, kwaye isebenza kuzo zonke izitishi ze-Heathrow, izikhululo zebhasi kunye nezikhululo zikaloliwe kunye neendawo zeeofisi.

Abathwali bekhaya likaHeathrow iBritish Airways kunye neNtombi yaseAtlantiki bayamkele le ntshukumo, bebonisa ukuba balungiselela ukulandela ngokulahla imfuneko yesigqubuthelo sobuso kwinqwelomoya yabo kamsinya nje ukuba iimfuno zolawulo lweendawo zabo zivumeleke. Sikhuthaza abakhweli ukuba bajonge iimfuno zokugquma ubuso kunye neenqwelomoya zabo ngaphambi kokuba bahambe.

Ukususwa kwemfuneko esisinyanzelo kubonisa inyathelo loluntu lokufunda ukuphila ne-COVID ixesha elide. Ngoku iyenzeka ngenxa yokhuseleko oluluqilima oluqhubekayo olubonelelwa ziinkqubo zokugonya kwihlabathi jikelele. I-Heathrow iya kugcina uluhlu olubanzi lwamanyathelo okhuseleko lwe-COVID-kubandakanya ukungena komoya okongeziweyo kuzo zonke izakhiwo zesikhululo-nto leyo eya kunceda ukugcina abantu bekhuselekile kuhambo lwabo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ukuba kunokunyuka okubalulekileyo kweemeko ze-COVID okanye ukwahluka kwenkxalabo kwixesha elizayo, iHeathrow ayizukuthandabuza ukubuyisela ukusetyenziswa okusisinyanzelo kokugquma ubuso kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.

Izigqubuthelo zobuso ziya kuhlala zikhona kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuxhasa abo banqwenela ukuqhubeka bezinxiba. Siyazi ukuba abanye abakhweli banokuziva besesichengeni, kwaye sikhuthaza oogxa bethu ukuba bahloniphe kwaye bagqume ubuso xa bekufutshane nomkhweli oyicelayo.

Ethetha ngotshintsho, iGosa eliPhezulu le-Heathrow u-Emma Gilthorpe uthe:

“Sisebenze nzima ukugcina abakhweli bethu kunye noogxa bethu bekhuselekile ngexesha lo bhubhani. Senze ngokukhawuleza ukuba simisele ubuso njengenye yeendlela zethu zokuqala zokuzikhusela, kwaye siyavuya kuba siyakwazi ukushenxa kwisinyanzelo njengoko uluntu lufunda ukuphila ne-COVID ixesha elide. Ngelixa sisacebisa ukuba sizinxibe, sinokuqiniseka ukuba utyalo-mali esilwenzile kumanyathelo okhuseleko lwe-COVID-eminye yawo ayisoloko ibonakala- idityaniswe nokhuseleko olumangalisayo olubonelelwa sisitofu sokugonya luya kuqhubeka nokugcina abantu bekhuselekile ngelixa behamba. Silungiselela ixesha lokuhamba ehlotyeni elixakekileyo, kwaye olu tshintsho luthetha ukuba sinokujonga phambili ekwamkeleni abakhweli bethu ngoncumo njengoko sibakhupha ngokukhuselekileyo kuhambo lwabo.”

Airways British kunye neNtombikazi yaseAtlantiki yamkele intshukumo, bebonisa ukuba baya kuphinda bahlaziye iipolisi zabo zokugquma ubuso.

UCorneel Koster, uMthengi oyiNtloko kunye neGosa eliSebenzayo, iVirgin Atlantic uthe:

“Kulo lonke ubhubhane siye sajongana nemilinganiselo yethu ye-Covid-19, ngempilo kunye nokhuseleko lwabathengi bethu kunye nabantu abashiyekileyo beyeyona nto iphambili kwi-Virgin Atlantic.

“Njengoko sifunda ukuhlala ne-Covid kunye nemfuneko esemthethweni yokunxiba imaski yobuso ngoku esusiweyo eNgilani, sikholelwa ukuba abathengi bethu kufuneka babe nokhetho lobuqu lokunxiba imask ebhodini, kwiindlela apho imimiselo yamazwe ngamazwe ejikeleze ukunxiba imaski faka isicelo. Lo mgaqo-nkqubo uza kwaziswa ngokuthe ngcembe, ngokuqala ngeenkonzo zethu zeCaribbean ezisuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHeathrow naseManchester kwaye sikhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba ahloniphe izinto abazikhethayo abakhweli.

“Kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yethu, siyaqhubeka nokuthobela zonke iimfuno zolawulo e-UK nakumazwe ekusiwa kuwo, siqonda ukuba iimfuno zemaski zahlukile ngokwentengiso. Iimaski zisafuneka kwiindlela zethu ezininzi, kubandakanya neenqwelomoya eziya okanye ezisuka e-United States de kube nge-18 ka-Epreli kwangoko. ”

UJason Mahoney, iGosa eliyiNtloko lokuSebenza kweBritish Airways uthe:

“Siyakwamkela oku njengenyathelo elihle kakhulu ukuya phambili. Njengenkampani yeenqwelomoya yamazwe ngamazwe sibhabha sisiya kwinani elikhulu lamazwe kwihlabathi jikelele, onke anezithintelo zawo zasekhaya kunye neemfuno ezisemthethweni. Sisebenza kwezi kwaye ukusukela ngoLwesithathu nge-16 kaMatshi, abathengi baya kucelwa kuphela ukuba banxibe isigqubuthelo sobuso kwinqwelomoya yethu ukuba indawo abaya kuyo iyayifuna. Kwiindawo apho ukunxiba isigqubuthelo sobuso kungagunyaziswanga, abathengi bayakwazi ukuzikhethela, yaye ngobubele sicela ukuba wonk’ ubani ahlonele ukhetho lomnye.”