I-Singapore Airlines igqibe elona nqwelo-moya lide lehlabathi elingamisiyo lokuhlala eNew York, emva kwenqwelomoya engaphezulu kwe-15,000 yeekhilomitha kwiiyure ezili-17 kunye nemizuzu engama-52.
USara Grady, iNtloko yezoKhenketho kwi-GlobalData, inkampani yedatha kunye ne-analytics, inika imbono yakhe malunga nokuba oku kuthetha ukuthini kweli candelo:
''Kunyaka ophelileyo ubone iinqwelomoya ezihamba umgama omde zivuleka, zithutha abakhweli kwihlabathi liphela ngexesha elirekhodiweyo kunye nokuthuthuzela. Oku kuqhutywa yimpumelelo enkulu yetekhnoloji, eyenze ukuba kube lula ukuhamba imigama emide ngaphandle kokumiswa kwamafutha, kunye nenkqubela phambili encede ukunciphisa iimpembelelo zomzimba kumzimba womntu.
''Kodwa ke, oku akuyi kuba nto ngaphandle kwemfuno yemarike. Ukuba i-Singapore Airlines ayiboneleli ngesihlalo soqoqosho iyaxela, kwaye inika iingcebiso kwinyaniso esisiseko yokuba olo hambo luya kuthi, kwixeshana elifutshane ukuya esiphakathini sexesha ubuncinci, lugcinelwe abona bakhenkethi abazizityebi.
''Okwangoku kufikelele kwixabiso eliphantsi kwesithathu ukusuka eLondon ukuya ePerth ngokumisa kunokuba ubhabhe uye ngqo. Ngexesha lokugcinwa kweeyure ezimbalwa kuphela kwezinye iimeko, izibonelelo zoqhagamshelo oluthe ngqo ziya kuthetheleleka kuphela kumhambi weshishini okanye kumhambi weholide elite.
“Ke ngoko, akulindelekanga ukuba ifuthe kushishino libaluleke kakhulu.
“Ngoku sikwixesha lotshintsho olukhulu, abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi (LCCs) banikezela ngakumbi nangakumbi nabathwali benkonzo epheleleyo (FSCs) nokuba bacazulule amatikiti abo ukuze bakhuphisane neeLCC, okanye ngokuchaseneyo baphucule iprimiyamu yabo yokunikela - njengaseQatar. Igumbi lokulala legumbi leshishini leQsuite lasungulwa ngeli xesha kunyaka ophelileyo. Ke, ukuvela kwakhona kweenqwelomoya zomgama omde kubonakala ngathi yinkqubela phambili yendalo yolu tshintsho lwemarike.
''Njengoko iteknoloji iqhubela phambili kunye nokuqhelana nombono wohambo olude lwe-ultra-long-haul lufikelela kwi-mainstream siya kubona iindlela ezininzi ezivulekileyo, nangona kunjalo sisekude kakhulu ukuba sibe yinto eqhelekileyo.''
