KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (eTN) – Ngaphambi kweNgqungquthela Yokusabalalisa Yezindiza yango-2008 ezoba lapha ngesonto elizayo (April 22-24) futhi ihlelwe yi-UATP, umhlinzeki wenethiwekhi yokukhokha, izinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni wonke zizobingelelwa izibalo ezishaqisayo ukuze ziqinisekise ukwehla komnotho e-United States sekuqalile ukungena emalini engenayo yemboni.
Izibalo zakamuva ezikhishwe yi-International Air Transport Association (IATA) zikhombisa ukuthi isilinganiso somthwalo wabagibeli emhlabeni wonke (PLF) sehle safinyelela kumaphesenti angama-73.3 ngoFebhuwari 2008, ukwehla “okukhulu” kakhulu eminyakeni emine.
Ngokwe-IATA, isibalo sangoFebhuwari 2008 sikhombisa ukuthi isiminyaminya sehle ngamaphesenti angu-0.6 ngaphansi kwe-passenger load factor (PLF) yangoFebhuwari wonyaka odlule. Imboni iqophe ukukhula kwabagibeli ngamaphesenti angama-7.4 ngo-2007 emhlabeni jikelele.
"Lapho silungiselela umthelela wonyaka we-leap, isidingo sabagibeli sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-4-5," kusho u-Giovanni Bisignani, oyi-CEO ye-IATA. “Isidingo sisakhula, kodwa siyehla.”
Izinto ezithwalayo ezivela kuzo zonke izifunda ezine ezinkulu ezithwala impahla zikhombisa ukwehla, kusho uBisignani.
I-PLF yaseYurophu iqophe ukwehla okukodwa okukhulu ngamaphesenti ayi-1.6 kuya kumaphesenti angama-71.7, kanti abathwali baseNyakatho Melika bathole ukwehla ngamaphesenti angama-0.5 kuya kumaphesenti angama-74.
Ngenkathi umkhakha we-Middle East ukhombise ukwehla ngamaphesenti angama-0.9, wehlela kumaphesenti angama-72.6, abathwali base-Asia babone i-PLF yabo yehla ngamaphesenti angama-0.1 yafinyelela kumaphesenti angama-75.2.
EMpumalanga Ephakathi, ukuminyana kwabagibeli kuye kwalinganiswa ibhizinisi likawoyela. “Kuwukukhula okunamandla ngisho nokucabangela umthelela wonyaka we-leap year,” kwengeza uBisignani.
