Inani labakhweli beenqwelo moya abahamba ngeSouth Airport yaseOntario International Airport (ONT) lonyuke ngaphezulu kwe-5% kwinyanga ephelileyo xa kuthelekiswa noMatshi wonyaka ophelileyo, i-Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) yabhengeza. Ngokubanzi, amanani abakhweli akhule ukusuka kwi-415,000 ngo-Matshi 2018 ukuya kwi-436,701 kwinyanga ephelileyo.

Inani labahambi basekhaya lenyuke nge-2% ukuya kuma-412,440 ukusuka kuma-404,334 ngo-Matshi wonyaka ophelileyo. Ngeli xesha, inani labakhweli bamanye amazwe lenyuke laya kuma-24,261 kwinyanga ephelileyo, ukusuka ku-10,665 ngo-Matshi 2018, ukwanda nge-127.5%.

Kwiinyanga ezintathu zokuqala zika-2019, phantse i-1.2 yezigidi zabahambi ngomoya badlula nge-ONT, ukonyuka kwe-4.6% kwangelo xesha linye kunyaka ophelileyo. Inani labahambi bamazwe aphesheya lenyuke phantse nge-135% ngelixa umthamo wabakhweli basekhaya ukhule nge-1%.

“Abathengi baseOntario bayaqhubeka nokusivuza ngeshishini labo inyanga nenyanga,” utshilo uMark Thorpe, igosa eliyintloko le-OIAA. "Ukuvuma kwabo ukuba i-Ontario ikhula ibe lisango elisebenzayo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kuMazantsi eCalifornia kusiqhubela yonke imihla ukuba sibonelele ngezibonelelo, iinkonzo kunye nezinto eziluncedo abazifunayo, singasathethi ke ngamava angenazinkathazo abawafaneleyo."

Umthamo wabagibeli e-Ontario kulindeleke ukuba unyuke ngakumbi kwiinyanga ezizayo, utshilo u-Thorpe, njengoko i-Delta Air Lines iqala inkonzo engapheliyo kwi-Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ngoMvulo, ngo-Epreli 22, ngokujikeleza okwesibini kwakhona kwihabhu yaseAtlanta eqala ngoJuni. Kwinyanga enye, I-United Airlines izakuqala ngenqwelomoya ngosuku ukuya kwihabhu yaseTexas, eGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport, ngelixa iSouthwest Airlines iza kongeza inkonzo entsha kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseSan Francisco ngenqwelomoya ezine zemihla ngemihla. Umzantsi-ntshona uza kongeza inqwelomoya yesithathu yemihla ngemihla (ngoMvulo-Lwesihlanu) kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseDenver, nangoJuni.

Imithwalo yomoya, okwangoku, ibicwecwe ngo-Matshi xa kuthelekiswa kwinyanga enye kunyaka ophelileyo, yehla ngaphantsi kwe-1% ukusuka kwiitoni ezingama-60,200 ukuya kwiitoni ezingama-59,900. Umthamo wentengiso yothutho utyibilikisiwe kwisibini sepesenti enye ukusuka kwiitoni ezingama-57,700 ukuya kwiitoni ezingama-57,500 malunga. Ukuthunyelwa ngeposi kwehle nge-8.9%. Ukuya kuthi ga ngoku, ukuthunyelwa kwemithwalo yomoya kukhule phantse nge-1% ukuya ngaphezulu kweetoni ezili-171,000 xa kuthelekiswa nekota yokuqala yowama-2018.

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Ontario passenger volumes are expected to rise further in the coming months, Thorpe noted, as Delta Air Lines initiates daily nonstop service to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday, April 22, with a second roundtrip also to its Atlanta hub beginning in June.
Air cargo, meanwhile, was essentially flat in March compared to the same month a year ago, declining less than 1% from 60,200 tons to 59,900 tons.
On a year-to-date basis, air cargo shipments grew by almost 1% to more than 171,000 tons compared to the first quarter of 2018.