I-COVID-19 iyaqhubeka nokumangaza: Imigomo hhayi inhlamvu yesiliva

Ngo-2019, unyaka wethu wokuma wohambo lwangaphambi kwe-COVID, i-Middle East yaba nesabelo esiphansi kakhulu somthamo womoya wasekhaya, isihlalo esisodwa kwezihlanu esinikezwayo phakathi nonyaka wekhalenda sachazwa njengendiza yangaphakathi. Lokhu kuqhathaniswa nesilinganiso somhlaba wonke sama-59% kanye nezimakethe ezifana neNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Asia kanye neNyakatho neNingizimu Melika lapho imisebenzi yasekhaya yaba ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezintathu kwezine zohlu lwezinkampani zezindiza ngo-2019.

Kwezinye izimakethe ezinkulu akukho ukuxhumana emoyeni kwasekhaya ukusekela ukululama ngenkathi imikhawulo yokuhamba kwamanye amazwe isasele.

Ukuthembela ekugelezeni kwasekhaya akuyona inketho ezimakethe ezifana ne-Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon ne-Qatar, kuyilapho e-United Arab Emirates (UAE) izindiza zasekhaya zenza ngaphansi kuka-0.1% wamashejuli. Ezinkampanini zezindiza ezimakethe ezifana ne-Iran ne-Saudi Arabia kuyindaba ehlukile, futhi zingabheka kahle ukukhulisa umsebenzi ezimakethe zazo zasekhaya eziqinile ukuze zilethe imali edingeka kakhulu emabhizinisini azo.

Eqinisweni, ukululama kwasekhaya eSaudi Arabia sekuvele kukhombisa izimpawu ezinhle, ngokwemibandela yemvamisa okungenani.

Ukuhlaziywa kwe-CAPA kukhombisa ukuthi amaza asekhaya ahleliwe masonto onke eMbusweni akhule aze afike ezingeni lokusuka elingu-3,000. Ezinyangeni ezimbili zokuqala zika-2021 ezimele ukwehla okungama-23% ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2020 ngaphambi kokuthi imikhawulo ye-COVID ifike endaweni.

Eqinisweni, u-CEO we-Flyadeal u-Con Korfiatis wangitshela ngenyanga edlule engxoxweni ekhethekile ye-CAPA Live ukuthi i-LCC ngokwayo ibinikeza amashejuli anamaza ngo-10% ngaphansi kwalesi sikhathi ngonyaka odlule. Uchaze “isifiso esinamandla sokuhamba ekhaya” kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kwasekhaya njengoba abantu bengakwazi ukuya kwamanye amazwe. Uma ungazange uyibuke inhlolokhono, ungafinyelela kuyo lapho udingeka khona ngenkundla ye-CAPA Live.

Ngenkathi lokhu kuqonda kweSaudi Arabia kukhombisa okuhle ezimakethe zasekhaya, ingcindezi yemikhawulo yokuhamba yamazwe omhlaba ilimaza izindiza zezindiza zaseMiddle East kanzima. Idatha yakamuva ye-IATA ka-Jan-2021 ikhombisa ukuthi ukugcwala kwabagibeli kwehle emhlabeni jikelele, womabili uma kuqhathaniswa namazinga angaphambi kwe-COVID (ngokuqhathaniswa no-Jan-2019) futhi uma kuqhathaniswa nenyanga engaphambi kwalokho (Dec-2020).

Isidingo esiphelele somhlaba wonke ngo-Jan-2021 (sikalwe ngama-RPK) sasiphansi -72.0% uma kuqhathaniswa no-Jan-2019. Lokho bekukubi kakhulu kunokwehla okungu--69.7% unyaka nonyaka okuqoshwe ngo-Dec-2020. Izidingo zasekhaya zehle -47.4% uma kuqhathaniswa namazinga angaphambi kwenhlekelele (Jan-2019) kanye nokusebenza konyaka -42.9% konyaka ngoDis-2020. Isidingo samazwe ngamazwe ngoJanuwari sasingu-85.6% ngaphansi kukaJanuwari 2019, ukwehla okwengeziwe uma kuqhathaniswa nokwehla okungamaphesenti angama-85.3 okuqoshwe ngo-Dec-2020.

Ngokwamazwi omqondisi jikelele we-IATA u-Alexandre de Juniac, imininingwane ikhombisa ukuthi "u-2021 uqala kabi kakhulu kunokuphela kuka-2020". Izinkampani zezindiza zaseMiddle East zibone isidingo sehle -82.3% ngoJanuwari uma kuqhathaniswa noJan-2019. Lokhu akushintshanga ngokubanzi ukusuka ekuncipheni kwesidingo ngama-82.6% ngoZibandlela-2020 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esidlule. Umthamo wehle ngokuphindwe kabili kokuthathu, wehla -67.6%, futhi isici somthwalo wehla ngamaphesenti angama-33.9 safinyelela ku-40.8%.

Ukusho ukuthi u-2021 awukaqali kahle eMpumalanga Ephakathi, empeleni umhlaba, kuwukubukela phansi. Amathemba ezezimali onyaka aya ngokuba mabi kakhulu njengoba ohulumeni beqinisa imingcele yokuhamba futhi i-IATA ixwayise imboni ukuthi izoshisa nge-USD75 kuya ku-USD95 billion wemali kulo nyaka, kunokuba iguqule imali ngekota yesine, njengoba bekucatshangwa ngaphambilini.

Ukundiza kwamazwe ngamazwe kuthatha ababili ukuya ku-tango futhi ukutholwa kokuxhumana kwe-Middle East kuncike enkululekweni yokuhamba evela phesheya.

Ukuqhathanisa amashejuli wamazwe ngamazwe ezinyangeni ezimbili zokuqala zika-2021 nezikhathi ezifanayo ngo-2019 no-2020 kubonisa ukuthi ujule kangakanani ngempela lo mhosha. Indiza yamazwe ngamazwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle eMpumalanga Ephakathi ihlale yehle cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu, phansi -65.0% uma iqhathaniswa no-2020 kanye nehle -63.8% uma iqhathaniswa no-2019. Ngokwezwe yi-Iran, iLebanon neQatar kuphela asebethole uhhafu womthamo ababenawo ngesikhathi somhlangano. izinyanga ezimbili zokuqala zonyaka odlule.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngenkathi izimakethe ezinkulu zesifunda ziye zashaywa kanzima ngenxa yemikhawulo yokuhamba yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nesidingo esehlisiwe, empeleni zenza kangcono kunezinye izimakethe eziningi ezinkulu zomhlaba. Basebenza ngokubuthakathaka, yebo, kodwa abanye bayopha kakhulu.

Ngesonto eledlule, uphiko lwezokuvakasha lwenkampani ye-CAPA, i-CTC - Umphakathi Wokuhamba Ngebhizinisi uqedele ukuhlaziya kwangaphakathi kwezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni, kuqhathaniswa nezinhlelo zikaFeb-2021 noFeb-2019. Kukhombisile ukuthi amazwe akulesi sifunda akhuphukile amazinga omhlaba. I-Qatar ikhuphuke isuka ekubeni yimakethe yama-25 ngobukhulu emhlabeni ngoFebhuwari-2019 yaya kweyesi-7 ngobukhulu ngoFebhuwari-2021, iSaudi Arabia ikhuphuke isuka ku-25 yaya ku-13, kuyilapho i-United Arab Emirates ikhuphuka isuka endaweni yesi-6 yaya kweyesi-2.

Njengoba sibona i-COVID-19 iqhubeka nokubeka isithunzi esikhulu ekuhambeni ngendiza. Thatha isibonelo i-Kuwait.

Leli yizwe elingenayo inethiwekhi yomoya yasekhaya futhi lapho naphezu kwezinyathelo ezinzima zokulwa nokusakazeka kwe-coronavirus, lisazabalaza namazinga aphezulu okutheleleka ngesigidi sabantu. Impendulo yokuqala ye-Kuwait ithole ukunconywa yiNhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba, kepha ukungalingani kwayo kwezindawo nezenhlalo, kanye nokwehluleka ukuhlela amadolobha, ukuphatha kanye nenqubomgomo, ekugcineni kwehlulekile ukuqukatha lo bhubhane.

Amacala e-COVID-19 e-Kuwait manje aseshaya phezulu, isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka selokhu kwaqoshwa amacala awo okuqala futhi manje sekuqinisekisiwe amacala angaphezu kwe-196,000 ezweni, yize ngenhlanhla abantu abashonile bahlala bephansi. Imikhawulo enzima yokuhamba ibikhona, kepha lokhu kuqinisiwe, okuphinde kwaba nomthelela ezinkampanini zezindiza zezwe - Kuwait Airways, kanye neJazeera Airways.

I-Jazeera Airways ikakhulukazi ibindizela phezulu ngaphambi kokufika kwe-COVID. Ukutshala imali endaweni yayo yesikhumulo sezindiza e-Kuwait International Airport, kanye nendiza yesimanjemanje esebenzisa inethiwekhi enwetshiwe, bekufakazela inketho edumile kubahambi.

Ngo-Oct-2019 yaze yethula izindiza eziya e-London, yaqeda i-British Airways kanye ne-Kuwait Airways duopoly Isevisi yayo eya e-London Gatwick imele ingqopha-mlando emakethe yedolobha eyayingakaze ibone umuntu omusha eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50. Ngaphambi kokufika kwayo, i-Kuwait Airways kanye neBritish Izindiza yayinikeze amazinga azinzile omthamo phakathi kweDolobha laseKuwait neLondon, nakuba eyangaphambili yengeza ukuzungezisa kathathu kwamasonto onke ehlobo lika-2019 ngaphambi nje kokuba i-Jazeera ingene emakethe.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukukhula kwe-Jazeera bekulethwa ngendlela eqhubekayo futhi enenzuzo - abanye bangasho impumelelo eyivelakancane ebhizinisini lendiza. Kepha umthelela we-COVID manje usucacile ukuwubona.

Emasontweni ambalwa adlule, inkampani yezindiza imemezele imiphumela yayo ka-2020 kanye nokulahlekelwa okuphelele kwe-KWD26.4 million Kuwaiti dinar (lokho cishe ku-USD87 million), ukulahlekelwa kokusebenza kwezigidi ezingu-KWD20.7 kanye nemali engenayo yonyaka yehla yaba yi-KWD41.4 million. Ngonyaka odlule, inkampani yezindiza yayibhale inzuzo eyizigidi ezingu-KWD14.9, inzuzo yokusebenza yezigidi ezingu-KWD14.2 futhi yangenisa imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-KWD103.

Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Kuwait Airways imake ingqopha-mlando ngonyaka odlule, hhayi e-Kuwait kuphela, kodwa emhlabeni wonke, ukuthola ama-A330-800 okuqala kwa-Airbus… empeleni amabili awo. Indiza iyingxenye ye-oda lezinhlobo eziyisishiyagalombili zalolu hlobo, oluhlanganisa izinjini zakamuva ze-Rolls-Royce Trent 7000, kanye nokuthuthukiswa okuningi kwe-aerodynamic ukuze kuhlinzekwe indiza esebenza kahle kakhulu kunezinguqulo zayo ezindala.

Ekucushweni kwe-Kuwait Airways i-A330-800neo ithatha abagibeli abangu-235, enemibhede engu-32 eyisicaba ngokuphelele esigabeni sebhizinisi nezihlalo ezingu-203 kuMnotho ngenkathi ihlinzeka ngempahla enkulu ekwazi ukuhlalisa izibonelelo zemithwalo yabagibeli ezitholakalayo kule ngxenye yomhlaba. Ukusetshenziswa kwesihlalo se-Collins Aerospace Super Diamond ekamelweni lebhizinisi akuyona into entsha - isihlalo sesivele sinikezwa inqwaba yezinye izinkampani zezindiza - kodwa simele ukuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo okuphawulekayo kunkampani yenethiwekhi. Eqinisweni, imele umnikelo othuthukisiwe kunalowo ofakwe kumikhumbi yayo engu-777 esebenzela imizila ephambili yenkampani yezindiza.