Isikhululo senqwelomoya saseLondon iHeathrow sixele ukuba sifumene malunga ne-22.1 yezigidi zabahambi ngo-2020-ukwehla okukhulu xa kuthelekiswa nabakhweli abaphantse babe zizigidi ezingama-81 ababamkele ngo-2019.
Ngenxa yokuntywila kumanani abahambi, uHeathrow uphulukene nobume bakhe bobunkokeli phakathi kwezikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaseYurophu ngumthamo wezithuthi zabantu njengoko uninzi lwamazwe lugcina imida yawo ivaliwe intsholongwane ye-Corona ubhubhani.
Ngoku, Heathrow imiselwe ukuba iwele kwindawo yesithathu kwezinye izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaseYurophu, emva kokuwa kweepesenti ezingama-73 kumanani abakhweli.
Isikhululo senqwelomoya i-Istanbul sele sidlulile e-Heathrow ngamanani abakhweli, esamkela abantu abazizigidi ezingama-23.4 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kwaye kungenzeka ukuba sibe sesona sikhululo senqwelomoya sase-Yuropu ngo-2020. UHeathrow usekwe phantsi eParis Charles de Gaulle. Isikhululo senqwelomoya esikhulu saseFrance sakhonza abagibeli abayi-21.1 yezigidi ngexesha likaJanuwari-Novemba, isigidi esingaphantsi kwesikaHeathrow kunyaka wonke.
Izikhululo zeenqwelomoya zehlabathi zibone inani labakhweli lonyaka lihla phakathi kwe-70 kunye ne-80 yepesenti kulo nyaka ubhubhane, kodwa ezinye ihabhu zanciphisa ukuncipha, okubavumela ukuba banyuke kwizinga eliphezulu. Esona sikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhulu eRussia malunga nokuhamba kwabantu kunye nokuthuthwa kwemithwalo, iSheremetyevo International Airport, inyuke ngamabala amathathu kuluhlu lwezona ndawo zixakekileyo zomoya waseYurophu kwaye ngoku zihlala kwindawo yesihlanu. USheremetyevo usebenze abakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-19.8 kunyaka ophelileyo.
Uhlobo olutsha lwe-COVID-19 lusoyikisa nzulu ingxaki kumzi-mveliso wezokubhabha wase-Bhritane emva kokuba amazwe aliqela emise uhambo lokuya nokubuya kweli kwaye urhulumente wase-Bhritane wazisa izithintelo ezitsha.
Umphathi we-Heathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye ngaphambili uqaphele ukuba amanyathelo akhoyo kurhulumente, anje ngemithetho yovavanyo yabantu abafika eNgilane, ayinakugcinwa kwixesha elide. Uthe “Ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya kubalulekile kuthi njengesizwe esincinci esirhwebayo kwisiqithi,” wongeze ngelithi unethemba lokuba amayeza okugonya anokunceda ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo ekuhambeni konyaka.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Uthe "uhambo ngenqwelomoya lubalulekile kuthi njengelizwe elincinci lokurhweba kwisiqithi," wongeza ngelithi unethemba lokuba izitofu zokugonya zinokwenza kube lula ukuhamba kwakhona kulo nyaka.
- Ngenxa yokuhla kwamanani abahambi, iHeathrow iphulukene nesikhundla sayo sobunkokeli phakathi kwezikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseYurophu ngomthamo wezithuthi zabakhweli njengoko amazwe amaninzi egcina imida yawo ivaliwe ukuba iqulathe ubhubhani we-coronavirus.
- Esona sikhululo seenqwelomoya sikhulu saseRussia malunga nabakhweli kunye nokuthuthwa kwempahla, iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSheremetyevo, sikhwele iindawo ezintathu kuluhlu lwezona ndawo zixakekileyo zomoya zaseYurophu kwaye ngoku sikwindawo yesihlanu.
