I-GENEVA, eSwitzerland - E-Afrika imisebenzi engaphezu kwe-6 yezigidi kunye ne-$ 67.8 yezigidigidi kwi-GDP ixhaswa yi-aviation, ngokutsho kwengxelo entsha ekhutshwe namhlanje kwi-Aviation and Environment Summit e-Geneva. Ingxelo, i-Aviation: izibonelelo ezingaphaya kwemida, yaveliswa yiQela lokuSebenza loThutho loMoya (ATAG) kunye ne-Oxford Economics. Ichaza ishishini elidlala indima enkulu kuqoqosho lwase-Afrika nolwehlabathi kunokuba abaninzi bebenokulindela.
“E-Afrika kuphela inqwelomoya isebenzisa ngokuthe ngqo abantu abangaphezu kwe-250,000,” utshilo uPaul Steele, uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-ATAG, umbutho wehlabathi omele izithuthi zomoya. “Ukuba sibandakanya ingqesho engathanga ngqo kubanikezeli benkonzo kweli shishini, sikhuthaze ukuqeshwa kwinkcitho eyenziwa ngabasebenzi beshishini lezomoya kunye nemisebenzi kwezokhenketho eyenzeka kuthutho lomoya, oku konyusa inani lengingqi ukuya kwi-6.7 yezigidi zemisebenzi. Ukongeza, uqoqosho lwaseAfrika lufumana inzuzo enkulu kwinkcitho yabakhenkethi abahamba ngenqwelomoya.
“Ewe, izibonelelo zoqoqosho zenqwelomoya zisasazeke ngaphaya kwemiba yezemali echazwe apha. Xa uthathela ingqalelo izibonelelo ezithe kratya ezifunyenwe ngesantya kunye nokuthembeka kokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, amashishini akhoyo ngenxa yokuba imithwalo yomoya iwenza ukuba afezeke kunye nexabiso elingaphakathi kuqoqosho lonxibelelwano oluphuculweyo, impembelelo yezoqoqosho iya kuba nkulu ngokuphindwe kaninzi, ”uSteele. uyongeza.
E-Afrika, uqikelelo lubonisa ukuba amanani abakhweli kulindeleke ukuba aphantse aphindaphindeke kathathu ukusuka kwi-67.7 yezigidi ngo-2010 ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-150.3 yezigidi ngo-2030. Ngeli xesha, umthamo wemithwalo kulindeleke ukuba unyuke ngesantya se-5.2% ngonyaka. “Ilizwekazi lase-Afrika linokuthatha ithuba loncedo olunikelwa yinqwelomoya kumashumi eminyaka ezayo. Ngoku, ngaphezulu kwe-1.5 yezigidi zokuphila e-Afrika zixhaswa ngokurhweba ngemveliso entsha e-UK kuphela. Ukhenketho ngomnye ummandla onokukhula, ubonelela ngophuhliso oluzinzileyo lwexesha elide loqoqosho.”
Le ngxelo ikwachaza indima edlalwa uphapho kwinqanaba lehlabathi, ixhasa imisebenzi ezizigidi ezingama-56.6 kwihlabathi liphela kunye ne-2.2 yetriliyoni ye-GDP yehlabathi. Kukho iinqwelo-moya ezimalunga ne-1,500 ezisebenzisa iinqwelo-moya eziphantse zibe ngama-24,000 ukunceda izikhululo zeenqwelo-moya ezingama-3,800 emhlabeni jikelele.
UGqirha Elijah Chingosho, uNobhala Jikelele weAfrican Airlines Association (AFRAA) wongeza ngelithi: “Ukwandiswa komsebenzi wezothutho ngenqwelomoya esiwubonayo apha kumiselwe ukuba kuvelise imbuyekezo ephawulekayo kwezoqoqosho, ingakumbi ngokwemisebenzi yorhwebo nokhenketho. I-Afrika lilizwekazi apho iziseko zophuhliso lwezothutho zikumgangatho ophantsi kakhulu. I-Aviation ibonelela ngeenzuzo kumanyano lwezentlalo, lwezoqoqosho kunye nezopolitiko zamazwe, imimandla kunye nelizwekazi elikhulu ngokwenene. Ngelixa le ngxelo iza kunceda ukukhuthaza indima ebaluleke kakhulu yokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika, ikwaliqonda igalelo lezomoya kuhlumo oluzinzileyo lwexesha elide olujolise ekulungelelaniseni impumelelo yezoqoqosho kunye noxanduva lwentlalo kunye nokunciphisa impembelelo yokusingqongileyo.
Owona mba mkhulu wokhuseleko lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya uyaqwalaselwa lishishini kunye ne-arhente ekhethekileyo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo kwezophapho, i-International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Bonke abadlali basebenzela ukuphucula irekhodi yokhuseleko lwemimandla ngoqeqesho kunye nokuphunyezwa kweenkqubo zolawulo lokhuseleko kwilizwekazi liphela.
UAli Tounsi, uNobhala Jikelele weAirports Council International Africa uthi: “Amanani akule ngxelo abonisa ukuba ukuba amandla okukhula kweAfrika anokuzaliseka, ukukhula koqoqosho olungakumbi nemisebenzi emininzi iza kulandela. Nangona kunjalo, ngelixa izikhululo zethu zeenqwelo moya zinokukwazi ukumelana nolu kukhula luqikelelwayo, ukunqongophala kwezakhono ngokukodwa kubangela umqobo wexesha elifutshane - sinemisebenzi, kodwa sifuna abantu abaqeqeshwe kakuhle ukuba bayithathe. "
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- When you take into account the further benefits gained through the speed and reliability of air travel, the businesses that exist because air freight makes them possible and the intrinsic value to the economy of improved connectivity, the economic impact would be several times larger,” Steele adds.
- Whilst this report will help promote the very important role aviation has on the African continent, it also recognises the contribution aviation makes to long-term sustainable growth aimed at balancing economic prosperity with social responsibility and a reduction of environmental impact.
- “If we include indirect employment at suppliers to the industry, induced employment from spending by aviation industry employees and the jobs in tourism that air transport makes possible, this increases the regional figure to 6.
