Yakhiwe ukuzethemba kwamakhasimende okuqinile kanye nonyaka wokuqala ophelele wokulawulwa kwendawo, isikhumulo sezindiza i-Ontario International (ONT) savala u-2017 ngamanani abagibeli aphakeme kunanoma yimuphi unyaka kusukela ngo-2010, ngenkathi ithani lezimpahla liqhubeka nokunyuka kwezinombolo eziphindwe kabili.
Okugqame kakhulu emininingwaneni yakamuva ye-ONT kwaba isibalo sabagibeli sokuphela konyaka esingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-4.5, i-7% ephakeme kuno-2016. Ngenyanga kaDisemba, i-ONT yabona abahamba ngezindiza abangaphezu kuka-410,000, cishe ngo-10% ngaphezu kukaDisemba 2016.
Amathani ezimpahla aqhubekile nokukhula ngebanga eliqinile elicishe libe ngu-14% ngoDisemba, lenyuka laba ngaphezu kwamathani ayizinkulungwane ezingama-72,000 lisuka kumathani angama-63,000 ngoDisemba 2016. Ngonyaka wekhalenda wezi-2017, ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kukhuphuke ngaphezu kuka-15% ngaphezu kuka-2016.
"Imizamo yethu enobudlova nokuphikelela ukubeka i-ONT njengoba isango elisha eliya eSouthern California kubonakala ekukhuleni okuqinile, okwenyanga nenyanga kumakhasimende nakwezimpahla," kusho u-Alan D. Wapner, umongameli we-Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) . "Umfutho oqinile owakhiwe ngo-2017, unyaka wokuqala ogcwele wokulawulwa kwendawo kwe-ONT, usinikeza ithemba elikhulu ngalokho okuzayo ku-2018."
Ngokuya ngamashejuli ezindiza zango-2018, inani lezihlalo ezitholakalayo kuzo zonke izindiza ezihlelelwe ukuhweba kulindeleke ukuthi zeqe u-2017 njalo ngenyanga. Zingaphezu kwezihlalo eziyizigidi ezingama-6.2 izotholakalela uhambo lwe-ONT ngo-2018, i-10% ephakeme kunangonyaka odlule kanye namamaki aphezulu kusukela ngo-2010.
Entwasahlobo, iChina Airlines izokwethula insiza yabagibeli engami njalo phakathi kweTaiwan ne-ONT.
"Silangazelela ukugcina izinga eliphezulu lokwaneliseka kwamakhasimende ngezindlela eziningi zokuhamba eSouth California, ukuthuthukiswa kwezikhungo zethu nezinsiza ezinwetshiwe," kusho uWapner. "I-Ontario yindawo okumele kube lula ukuhamba kuyo emoyeni, ngaphandle kwezinkinga ngo-2018."
