Umthamo wabakhweli kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Ontario (ONT) unyuke phantse nge-7% ngo-Epreli, uqhubeleka nomkhwa wokukhula okuzinzileyo kwesona sikhululo sikhula ngokukhawuleza sesizwe.
Ngokutsho kwedatha ehlanganiswe yi-Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA), phantse i-445,000 abakhweli beenqwelo-moya bahamba ngesikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Inland Empire kwinyanga ephelileyo, ukwanda kwe-6.9% ngo-Epreli wonyaka ophelileyo.
Ukusukela ngoJanuwari ukuya ku-Epreli, i-ONT yamkele abakhweli abafikayo nabahambayo abangaphezu kwe-1.6 yezigidi, i-5.2% ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezine ngo-2018.
I-Delta Air Lines yaqala yonke imihla, inkonzo engayekiyo kwi-hub yayo yase-Atlanta ngo-Epreli kwaye uhambo lwesibini lokujikeleza luya kuqala ngoJuni. I-United Airlines kunye ne-Southwest Airlines ziya kongeza inkonzo entsha kwinyanga ezayo eHouston naseSan Francisco, ngokulandelelanayo.
Ngeli xesha, i-Ontario irekhode ukukhula okuphindwe kabini kumthamo wempahla ngo-Epreli, inyusa i-11% ngo-Epreli wonyaka ophelileyo ukuya kwiitoni ezingaphezu kwama-61,800. Kwiinyanga ezine zokuqala zonyaka, ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kuphelele ngaphezu kweetoni ezingama-233,500, i-3.4% ephezulu kunexesha elifanayo ngo-2018.
Kwixesha lokuhamba lasehlotyeni eliqala ngolwesiHlanu ukuya kuMhla woMsebenzi, kuqikelelwa ukuba abakhweli abazizigidi ezisisi-1.6 baya kubhabha ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-ONT, ukonyuka kwe-13.9% ehlotyeni kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye ngaphezulu kwamaxesha amane okukhula okuqikelelweyo kuhambo lomoya kuzwelonke.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Delta Air Lines began daily, non-stop service to its Atlanta hub in April and a second roundtrip will begin in June.
- Meanwhile, Ontario recorded double-digit growth in cargo volume in April, increasing 11% over April last year to more than 61,800 tons.
- According to data compiled by the Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA), almost 445,000 airline passengers traveled through the Inland Empire airport last month, an increase of 6.