Umkhulumeli omkhulu we-European Commission, uStefan De Keersmaecker, ukhiphe isitatimende, ethi I-European Union (EU) imithetho ayiphoqi izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi zindize noma zigcine izindiza ezingenalutho emoyeni, nokuthi ukwenza uhambo olungenalutho noma oluseduze-lungenalutho kuyisinqumo sokuhweba somuntu ngamunye okufanele sithathwe yinkampani yenethiwekhi.
“Ukunquma ukusebenzisa imizila noma cha kuyisinqumo sebhizinisi senkampani yezindiza hhayi umphumela EU imithetho,” kubhala lesi sikhulu kuTwitter.
“Ngaphezu kwamazinga aphansi okusebenzisa izikhala, izinkampani zingase futhi zicele 'okukhethekile okungekona ukusetshenziswa' - ukuthi zingasebenzisi indawo - uma umzila ungenakusebenza ngenxa yezinyathelo zokukhucululwa kwenhlanzeko, isb lapho kuvela okuhlukile phakathi nobhubhane," I-Keersmaecker ingeziwe.
Isikhulu sicaphune imininingwane kanye nezibikezelo ezivela ku-Eurocontrol, ezibike ukuthi ithrafikhi yokuqala kusukela ngo-2022 yayiku-77% wamazinga angaphambi kobhubhane.
The iyuniyani yase-Europe iziphathimandla njengamanje zinxusa izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi ziyeke ukusebenzisa izindiza ezingenalutho njengoba 'zingasebenzi kahle ngokwezomnotho futhi ziyingozi emvelweni.'
Ngesonto eledlule, inkampani ethwala impahla yesibili ngobukhulu eYurophu Lufthansa ukuqinisekisile ukuthi izindiza ezingu-18,000 bezindiza zingenalutho ngenxa yengcindezi enkulu yokulawula naphezu kwemiphumela yezomnotho neyemvelo. Cishe i-3,000 yalolo hambo yayiqhutshwa inkampani engaphansi yenkampani yenethiwekhi, Izindiza ZaseBrussels.
Ngaphansi kwemithetho 'yokusebenzisa noma ukuyilahlekela, izindiza zase-Europe zivame ukuphoqeleka ukuthi zisebenzise izindiza okungenani ngama-80% ohambo lwazo oluhleliwe lokusuka kanye nezikhala zokufika ukuze zigcine ilungelo lokusebenzisa lezo zikhala.
Umthetho wamiswa ngabakwa EU ekuphakameni kobhubhane lwe-coronavirus kodwa yaphinde yafakwa ezingeni lama-50% entwasahlobo edlule. Kodwa-ke, ngoDisemba, i-EC yathi umkhawulo wamanje ongu-50% uzokhushulelwa ku-64% wesizini yendiza yasehlobo yalo nyaka ka-April kuya ku-November.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uhulumeni wobumbano waseBelgian wadlulisela lolu daba ku-EC, eyinxusa ukuba icabange kabusha ngemithetho yokuvikela izikhala.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- A senior spokesman for the European Commission, Stefan De Keersmaecker, issued a statement, claiming that European Union (EU) rules do not obligate airlines to fly or to keep empty planes in the air, and that making empty or near-empty trips is an individual commercial decision for each carrier to make.
- Under the ‘use it or lose it' regulations, European airlines are normally forced to operate flights in at least 80% of their scheduled takeoff and landing slots in order to retain the right to use those slots.
- The rule was suspended by the EU at the height of the coronavirus pandemic but reintroduced at the level of 50% last spring.
