Kusukela ngoFebhuwari 1, iFraport ithatha ukuphathwa okuphelele kwezindawo zemvume yezitolo, izindawo zokudlela kanye nezinye izinsizakalo eNashville International Airport (BNA). Ngabagibeli abacishe babe yizigidi eziyi-16 ngo-2018 (kuze kube ngamaphesenti ayi-13.2 ngonyaka-on-year), i-BNA ibeke irekhodi lesikhathi sonke lonyaka wesithupha olandelanayo futhi yagcina isikhundla sayo njengenye yezindlela ezinamandla kakhulu ezisebenza ezindizeni eNyakatho Melika.
I-Fraport USA, inkampani ephethwe ngokuphelele ye-Fraport AG, yawina isicelo ngonyaka odlule ohlelweni lwethenda oluqhudelana kakhulu. Selokhu kwasayinwa inkontileka yeminyaka eyi-10 ehlobo eledlule, iFraport USA ibilungiselela ukuqala kukaFebhuwari 2019. Isivumelwano ne-Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) sihlanganisa ukuklama, ukwakhiwa, ukuqashisa nokuphathwa kwendawo yemvume kuzo zonke izinkundla ezine zesikhumulo sezindiza endaweni yabagibeli. Ukwandiswa kwesikhumulo sezindiza okukhulu okuzoqedwa ngo-2023 kuzoholela esimeni esingamamitha-skwele ayi-12,300 (ngaphezu kwamafidi-skwele ayi-133,000) esikhala semvume yezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-90, izindawo zokudlela nezindawo zesevisi - kanye nezindawo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu zokuhlala nokuzijabulisa. I-Fraport kulindeleke ukuthi itshale izigidi ezingu-17 zamaRandi ekuthuthukisweni kwezivumelwano ze-BNA phakathi neshumi leminyaka elizayo, kanti okunye ukutshalwa kwezimali okuzokwenziwa yilabo abaqashiwe ngabanye.
UDkt. Stefan Schulte, usihlalo wesigungu esiphezulu se-Fraport AG, uphawule ngokwethulwa kweQembu indawo yesihlanu yale nkampani emakethe yase-US: “Siyajabula ukunweba uhlelo lwe-Fraport USA lokuthuthukisa nokuphatha i-concessions Airport ukuze lube sesikhumulo sezindiza i-Nashville. INashville ingeyesibili intuthuko entsha yemvumelwano ezokwethulwa yiFraport USA esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka.”
Eyaziwa njengeDolobha Lomculo laseMelika, isifunda saseNashville esinabantu abangaba yizigidi ezingu-1.8 sesiphenduke indawo yezivakashi enkulu futhi enye yezindawo zamabhizinisi ezikhula ngokushesha kakhulu ezweni. UDkt. Schulte wanezela: “Ithimba lethu laseNashville lizibophezele kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni umqondo omusha wokudayisa oyisibonelo somoya waseNashville, namagugu ayo anothile amasiko kanye nemboni yomculo ephumelelayo. Sizogxila ekunikezeni abagibeli umuzwa ongenakulibaleka ngenhlanganisela ethokozisayo yezindawo zokudlela ezihamba phambili zasendaweni nemikhiqizo, kanye nezitolo zamazwe ngamazwe. Sibheke ngabomvu eminyakeni eminingi yokubambisana eduze lapha lapho kudlala khona umculo!”
I-Fraport USA idume ngokubeka izinga ekuphatheni, ekuklameni nasekuthuthukiseni izimvume zokudayisa zezindiza eNyakatho Melika. Ikanye ne-Nashville, i-Fraport USA ingumthuthukisi kanye nomphathi wezindawo zemvume yokuthengisa, ukudla neziphuzo ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezinhlanu e-United States: Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI), Cleveland International Airport (CLE), Nashville International Airport. (BNA), New York Kennedy Airport (JFK – JetBlue’s Terminal 5), kanye nePittsburgh International Airport (PIT).
