Namuhla, i-Heathrow igubha unyaka wokuqala wendiza yokuqala ka-Flybe esuka esikhumulweni sezindiza esiwukuphela kwesikhungo sase-UK. NgoMashi 2017, inkampani yezindiza yase-UK yethula izinsizakalo ezintsha e-Aberdeen nase-Edinburgh, yandisa ukuncintisana nokukhetha kwabagibeli kuleyo mizila, futhi yasiza amabhizinisi nabagibeli baseScotland ukuthi bafinyelele ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-180 emhlabeni jikelele nge-Heathrow. Inkampani yezindiza yenze kahle onyakeni wayo wokuqala isebenza, ibona ukukhula kwabagibeli okuzinzile futhi iphezulu etafuleni leligi le-'Fly Quiet and Green' lesikhumulo sezindiza ku-Q4 2017, njengomsebenzi ohamba phambili we-Heathrow ekusebenzeni komsindo nokukhipha umoya.
Ngaphambi nje kokufika kukaFlybe ngonyaka odlule, i-Heathrow yehlisa izindleko zabagibeli basekhaya ngo-£10, okwenza imizila yasekhaya iqhudelane kakhulu kubagibeli nezinkampani zezindiza. Kulo Januwari, i-Heathrow iqhubekile nesinyathelo esisodwa, yasebenzisa esinye isaphulelo sika-£5 ezindlekweni zesikhumulo sezindiza kubagibeli base-UK, isaphulelo esiphelele sasekhaya esingu-£15 – okuyisaphulelo esikhulu kunazo zonke emlandweni wesikhumulo sezindiza nokuholela ekongeni cishe kwezigidi ezingu-£40 ngonyaka nangaphezulu. U-£750 million kule minyaka engu-20 ezayo.
Lo mgubho uhambisana nesimemezelo sokuthi i-Heathrow izophatha i-Bringing Britain Closer - ingxoxo mayelana nokuxhumana kwe-UK no-Heathrow. Umcimbi uzokwenzeka e-Liverpool ngoLwesithathu 9th May , eqokomisa ukuzibophezela kwesikhumulo sezindiza ekuxhumaneni kwasekhaya njengoba isikhumulo sezindiza siqhubeka nomsebenzi waso wokwandisa. Umzila wesithathu wezindiza we-Heathrow ubalulekile ekugcineni isimo sesikhungo sase-UK, ukuletha imizila emisha yasekhaya kanye nokuxhuma yonke i-UK nezimakethe ezisafufusa emhlabeni jikelele.
Umcimbi, obanjwe ngokubambisana ne-Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, uzobona abameleli abavela ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-UK, izindiza kanye nomphakathi wamabhizinisi benethuba lokwabelana ngemibono mayelana nendlela engcono kakhulu yokuqinisekisa ukuthi imizila yezindiza yase-UK iphumelela kusukela ku-Heathrow enwetshiwe, esiza abagibeli baseBrithani namabhizinisi. xhuma emhlabeni. U-Emma Gilthorpe, Umqondisi Omkhulu Wokwandiswa kwe-Heathrow, uqinisekisiwe ukuthi uzokhuluma esimisweni kanye nabanye abaholi bezimboni, emigwaqweni yasekhaya e-Heathrow enwetshiwe nokuthi kungani kuthuthukiswa izindaba zokuxhumanisa amabhizinisi azo zonke izinhlaka e-UK.
I-Heathrow izibophezele ekuthuthukiseni izindiza zasekhaya esikhungweni sase-UK, namuhla nasesikhathini esizayo; ukuncishiswa kwezindleko zabagibeli abahambayo base-UK kungesinye sezinyathelo ezithathwa nguHeathrow ukuqinisa ukuxhumana kwe-UK. NgoSepthemba odlule, uHeathrow ukhiphe uhlelo lwamaphuzu ayi-9 - Bringing Britain Closer - olubeka uhlelo lukaHeathrow lokuthuthukisa ukuxhumana nesikhungo sase-UK, okuhlanganisa ne-£10m Route Development Fund ukusekela imizila emisha yasekhaya uma umzila wesithathu ususebenza, futhi ukhankasela ukuqedwa kwe-Air Passenger Duty (APD) emizileni yase-UK.
U-Emma Gilthorpe onguMqondisi wakwaHeathrow uthe:
“Sijabule ukugubha unyaka wokuqala uFlybe efika e-Heathrow. Ekuqaleni konyaka, simemezele isaphulelo esikhulu nakakhulu kubagibeli basekhaya, futhi leso ngesinye sezinyathelo esizenzayo ukuze sithuthukise uhambo lwasekhaya. I-Heathrow ibisebenza kanzima ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke amagumbi ezwe ayazuza ekukhuleni okubangelwa izixhumanisi zesikhungo sezindiza sezwe futhi le Ngqungquthela Yokuxhumana izosiza imboni ukuthi iqonde ngokugcwele ukuthi singasebenzisana kanjani ukuze sifeze lokhu.”
