Umzimba onceda ukuhlangula abakhenkethi xa iinkampani zokuhamba zihamba ziye zaxwayisa ukuba uninzi lwabakhenkethi banokuthi babhekise ekuweni kulo nyaka.

I-Air Travel Trust ivakalise uhlaziyo lwamva nje oluvela kwezinye zeefemu ezinkulu zaseBritane zokuba ukubhukisha kweholide kolu hlobo kuqhubekile kakuhle.

Nangona kunjalo, inike ingxelo yokonyuka kwenani lokusilela kweenkampani ezikhuselweyo lishishini lokudibanisa i-Atol phakathi kuka-Epreli noJulayi, iinyanga ezine zokuqala zalo nyaka-mali.

“Ngelixa inqanaba langoku lokubhukisha ehlotyeni ngo-2008 lihambelana noqikelelo, imiqondiso ka-2009 ayicacanga ncam,” utshilo uRoger Mountford, usihlalo weAir Travel Trust. "Ukonyuka kwamanani okuhlawula amatyala kungumqondiso weemeko ezinzima zorhwebo kwaye kungabonakalisa ukonakala ngakumbi kulo nyaka."

I-Air Travel Trust ibonelela ngenkxaso-mali ukunceda abathengi ababhukishe iinkampani zokuhamba ezingaphumelelanga ukugqiba iiholide zabo okanye ukubanga ukubuyiselwa imali.

Kwingxelo yayo yonyaka, i-trust ithe iinkampani ezingama-25 ezikhuselweyo ze-Atol zisilele ngonyaka ukuya kwi-31 ka-Matshi 2008, apho i-12 ifuna iimali zetrust ezingama-375,000.

Intsilelo yetrasti inyuke nge-1 yezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka we-2007/08 ukuya kuthi ga ngaphezulu kwe- $ 21m, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yezi zibango. Le ngxowa-mali ilawulwa liqela lokhuseleko lwabathengi le-Civil Aviation Authority-isilele ukusukela ngo-1996, emva kothotho lweendleko zokuhlawula amatyala ngee-1990s zokuqala.

Kule nyanga, amaqela okuhamba i-TUI kunye no-Thomas Cook baxele ukubhukisha okunamandla kwehlobo ngaphandle kokunyuka kweendleko zokuphila kunye nefuthe lokudodobala kwetyala. UThomas Cook uthe ukubhukisha ubusika kunye nehlobo elizayo bekusekuqaleni konyaka ophelileyo.