KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — I-International Air Transport Association icele ukuthi kube nenkululeko eyengeziwe ukuze kuqiniswe imboni yezindiza emhlabeni wonke, okulindeleke ukuthi ilahlekelwe ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-4.7 zamarandi kulo nyaka ngenxa yokwehla kwezimoto nabagibeli.
UMqondisi-Jikelele we-IATA, u-Giovanni Bisignani, uthe izinkampani zezindiza zibhekene “nesimo esiphuthumayo” futhi kufanele zinikezwe inkululeko eyengeziwe yokuhweba ukuze zisebenzele izimakethe zomhlaba futhi zihlanganise.
Uthe izinkampani zezindiza ezinkulu ezingu-50 zibike ukuthi u-US$3.3 billion ulahlekelwe yingqikithi kwikota yokuqala ka-2009 kuphela.
I-IATA, emele izinkampani zezindiza ezingama-230 emhlabeni wonke, ilindele ukuthi ukulahlekelwa konyaka wonke kube “kubi kakhulu” kuno-$4.7 billion eyawubikezela ngoMashi, esho. Izokwethula isibikezelo sayo esisha emhlanganweni wayo waminyaka yonke lapha ngoMsombuluko.
“Sibhekene nokushaqeka okukhulu… uzobona okubomvu okumnyama kakhulu. Cishe sesithinte phansi kodwa asikakayiboni intuthuko,” usho kanje etshela izintatheli.
UBisignani uthe i-United States ne-Europe kufanele zibuyekeze isivumelwano sazo sesibhakabhaka esivulekile ukuze sisenze sibe nenkululeko kakhudlwana, sisuse imingcele efana nemingcele yobunikazi bangaphandle kubathwali basekhaya.
“Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi ohulumeni bavuke. Asiceli ukutakulwa kodwa esikucelayo wukusinika ithuba elifana nelabanye osomabhizinisi,” usho kanje
UBisiginani uthe uyaseseka isicelo se-American Airlines kanye neBritish Airways sokubambisana ezindizeni ze-trans-Atlantic - okwamanje esabuyekezwa ngenxa yokwesaba ukwephula imithetho yokungathembeki.
I-American Airlines ifuna ukungavikeleki emithethweni yase-US yokungathembeki ukuze isebenzisane ne-BA, Iberia Airlines, Finnair kanye neRoyal Jordanian ezindizeni ezidlula e-Atlantic. I-American kanye ne-BA bathi lokhu kuzobavumela baqhudelane ngokulinganayo namanye amaqembu amabili ezinkampani zezindiza asevele evunyelwe ukusebenza ndawonye ngamanani, amashejuli neminye imininingwane.
Kepha abagxeki, abaholwa yinhloko ye-Virgin Atlantic Airways uRichard Branson, bathi i-American ne-BA isivele inamandla kakhulu futhi ukungavikeleki kuzoholela ezindlekweni eziphakeme emizileni yase-US-UK. Inyunyana yabashayeli bamabhanoyi baseMelika nayo yesaba ukuthi izoshintsha izabelo zendiza iye kubaphathi bezindiza ababiza kancane ngezivumelwano zokuvula isibhakabhaka.
UBisignani uthe abathwali base-Asia, abangamaphesenti angama-44 emakethe yezimpahla zomhlaba, bazoba sengozini enkulu yezinkinga zomnotho.
Isidingo sabagibeli bomhlaba wonke sehle ngamaphesenti angama-7.5 esikhathini sikaJanuwari-Ephreli, kanti abathwali base-Asia bahola ukwehla ngokwehla ngamaphesenti ayi-11.2. Isidingo sempahla sehle ngamaphesenti angama-22 emhlabeni wonke futhi sehle cishe ngamaphesenti angama-25 e-Asia.
I-Global premium air traffic - ibhizinisi elinenzuzo kakhulu ezinkampanini zezindiza - yehle ngamaphesenti ayi-19 ngoMashi kodwa yehle ngamaphesenti angama-29 e-Asia, kusho yena. Amanani kawoyela ongahluziwe, nakuba ehle kakhulu kusukela ngonyaka odlule, nawo akhuphuka kancane ngaphezu kuka-$60 umphongolo futhi lezi “kuyizindaba ezimbi,” esho.
"Eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, kuzoba nzima ukucabanga ukubuyiswa kwenzuzo" embonini yomhlaba wonke, wanezela
Bangaphezu kuka-500 abaholi bezimboni eKuala Lumpur kusukela ngoMsombuluko emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke we-IATA kanye nengqungquthela yomhlaba wonke yezokuthutha ngendiza ukudingida izinhlelo zokusheshisa ukululama kulo mkhakha.
Izikhulumi zihlanganisa izikhulu eziphezulu uPeter Hartman we-KLM, uTony Tyler weCathay Pacific Airways, uDavid Barger weJetBlue Airways noNaresh Goyal weJet Airways yaseNdiya.
