- I-Qatar Airways, i-Etihad ne-Emirates bancintisana nomhlaba jikelele ngabagibeli abashintsha izindiza endaweni yabo yezokuthutha iDoha eQatar, Abu Dhabi nase Dubai e-UAE.
- Empini yokuba yisikhungo sokuvakasha esivelele eMiddle East, ucwaningo lwakamuva, olunemininingwane yokubhuka impi esha sha futhi ephelele kunazo zonke emhlabeni, luveza ukuthi engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2021, iDoha yathatha futhi yahlanganisa ukuhola phezu kweDubai.
- Esikhathini 1st Januwari kuya ku-30th NgoJuni, umthamo wamathikithi omoya akhishwe wokuhamba ngeDoha wawuphakeme ngo-18% kunalowo owawudlula eDubai; futhi lobo budlelwano bubukeka buzoqhubeka. Ukubhuka kwamanje engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka ngeDoha kungu-17% ngaphezulu kuneDubai.
Ekuqaleni konyaka, ithrafikhi yomoya edlula eDoha yayiku-77% eDubai; kodwa isheshe yafika ku-100% okokuqala phakathi nesonto eliqala ngomhla ka-27 Januwari.
Isizathu esikhulu esenza lo mkhuba kube ukususwa, ngoJanuwari, ukuvinjelwa kwezindiza eziya nasezisuka eQatar, ezafakwa ngoJuni 2017 yiBahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, kanye ne-UAE, abasola iQatar ngokuxhasa ubuphekula - icala iphikwe kakhulu yiQatar. Lapho nje ibekwa, ukuvinjelwa kwaba nomthelela omubi ngokushesha ezindizeni eziya nasezisuka eDoha. Isibonelo, iQatar Airways iphoqeleke ukuthi ilahle izindawo eziyi-18 kunethiwekhi yayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindiza ezahlukahlukene ezazidlula eDoha zathola ubunzima bezikhathi zokuhamba, njengoba izindiza kwakudingeka zenze ujikelezo ukugwema ukuvimba isikhala somoya sezigodi. Indawo eya kuyo kanye nomphathi wayo omkhulu, iQatar Airways, ayiphendulanga ekuvinjelweni ngokusika emuva; esikhundleni salokho, kwavula imizila emisha engama-24 ukuze kusetshenziswe izindiza ezazingasebenzi.
Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2021, imizila emihlanu, i-Cairo, i-Dammam, i-Dubai, i-Jeddah, ne-Riyadh, ukuya/kusuka e-Doha iphinde yavulwa futhi nokuhamba kweminye imizila kukhulile. Imizila ebuyiselwe eyenze umnikelo omkhulu kakhulu ekufikeni kwezivakashi i-Dammam eya e-Doha, efinyelela ku-30% wabafika ngaphambi kokuvinjwa engxenyeni yokuqala yowezi-2017, kanye ne-Dubai eya e-Doha, ama-21%. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuxhumana okusha ne-Seattle, San Francisco, kanye ne-Abidjan, kwasungulwa ngoDisemba 2020, Januwari 2021, kanye noJuni 2021 ngokulandelanayo.
Imizila emikhulu ekhona ekhombise ukukhula okuqine kakhulu uma iqhathaniswa namazinga wangaphambi kobhadane (H1 2021 vs H1 2019), ngenani eliphelele labagibeli abafika eQatar, yilezi: Sao Paulo, phezulu 137%, Kyiv, enyuka ngo-53%, IDhaka, inyuke ngama-29% neStockholm, inyuke ngo-6.7%. Kubuye kwaba nokwenyuka okuphawulekayo kwamandla esihlalo phakathi kweDoha neGoli, kukhuphuke ngama-25%, abesilisa, bakhuphuka ngama-21%, kwathi iLahore lenyuka ngo-19%.
Ukuhlaziywa okujulile kwamandla esihlalo kukhombisa ukuthi kwikota ezayo, i-Q3 2021, amandla esihlalo phakathi kweDoha kanye nomakhelwane bayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi azoncipha kuphela ngo-5.6% kunamazinga angaphambi kobhadane kanti iningi lawo, u-51.7%, lawo linikezwe imizila ebuyisiwe eya / isuka eGibhithe, eSaudi Arabia, nase-UAE.
Isici sokugcina esikhulu, esinikeze iQatar onqenqemeni lweDubai, kube ukusabela kwayo kulo bhubhane. Ngesikhathi sokuphakama kwesimo esibucayi se-COVID-19, imizila eminingi engenayo nephumayo eDoha yaqhubeka isebenza, okwaholela ekutheni iDoha ibe yisizinda esikhulu sezindiza ezibuyisela ekhaya - ikakhulukazi eGoli naseMontreal.
Ukuqhathaniswa kwesabelo semakethe engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2021, kuqhathaniswa nengxenye yokuqala ye-2019, kwembula ukuthi iDoha isithuthukise kakhulu isikhundla sayo neDubai ne-Abu Dhabi. Njengamanje, ihabhu traffic ihlukaniswe i-33% Doha, 30% Dubai, 9% Abu Dhabi; phambilini, bekuyi-21% Doha, i-44% i-Dubai, i-13% i-Abu Dhabi.
U-Olivier Ponti, VP Insights, ForwardKeys uphawule wathi: “Ngaphandle kokuvinjelwa, okukhuthaze ukusungulwa kwemizila emisha njengecebo lokushintsha isiminyaminya esilahlekile, mhlawumbe besingeke siyibone iDoha ishaja idlula eDubai. Ngakho-ke, kubonakala sengathi imbewu yokuphumelela okulinganayo kweDoha yayihlwanyelwe yizenzo ezimbi zomakhelwane bayo. Kodwa-ke, umuntu kufanele akhumbule ukuthi izindiza ezinqamula eMiddle East ngesikhathi se-H1 2021 zaziseyi-81% ngaphansi kwamazinga wangaphambi kobhadane. Ngakho-ke, njengoba ukululama kuqhubeka, isithombe singashintsha kakhulu. ”
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- In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research, which has the world's freshest and most comprehensive fight booking data, reveals that in the first half of 2021, Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai.
- The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, in January, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism – an accusation strongly denied by Qatar.
- During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights – most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
