Kusukela ngoJuni, Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Miami International ihlinzeke abagibeli abangu-688,000 ngaphezu konyaka odlule, okunyuke ngamaphesenti amathathu kanye nenani eliphelele labahambi abayizigidi ezingama-23.4 phakathi nonyaka. Abahambi bamazwe ngamazwe bakhuphuke ngo-516,000 ukuze bagxume ngamaphesenti angu-4.7 bafinyelela ezigidini ezingu-11.4, kuyilapho izimoto zasekhaya zikhule ngo-172,000 ngokwenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-1.4 kuya kubagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-12, ngokwezibalo zomgwaqo ezisanda kukhishwa.
"Ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwamabhizinisi nokungcebeleka kwa-MIA kusho imali eyengeziwe yezokuvakasha nemisebenzi emnothweni wethu wasekhaya," kusho. I-Miami-Dade County IMeya uCarlos A. Gimenez. "Ngemuva komunye unyaka wokuqopha umlando ngo-2018, kuyakhuthaza ukubona isango lethu lomhlaba wonke likhuphukela ezindaweni eziphakeme kakhulu kubagibeli bezimoto."
Ingxenye yokuqala ka-2019 ibonise ukwethulwa kwe-MIA hub carrier American Airlines's Cordoba, isevisi yase-Argentina ngoJuni 7, kanye nezindiza ezine zabagibeli bamazwe ngamazwe ezingene emakethe yaseMiami ngemizila emisha: Inkampani yenkampani ethwala amanani aphansi yaseNorwegian yethule isevisi yansuku zonke engami phakathi kwe-MIA ne-MIA. London Gatwick Airport ngoMashi 31; Inkampani yesizwe yaseMoroccan iRoyal Air Maroc yethula umzila wokuqala ngqa iMiami-Casablanca ngo-April 3, inikeze i-MIA izindiza zayo zokuqala zabagibeli eziya e-Afrika kusukela ngonyaka ka-2000 kanye nenkonzo yaseFlorida kuphela engami ezwenikazi; I-LOT Polish Airlines iqale umzila wesikhumulo sezindiza wokuqala ngqa oya ePoland ngesevisi yaseWarsaw ngoJuni 1; kanye nenkampani yezindiza yaseFrance iCorsair iqale izindiza zamasonto onke eziya eParis Orly Airport eMIA ngoJuni 10.
“Sibe nonyaka omuhle kakhulu kuze kube manje mayelana nokwandisa nokuhlukanisa inethiwekhi yethu yemizila,” kusho uLester Sola, uMqondisi we-MIA kanye ne-CEO. "Sibheke ngabomvu engxenyeni yesibili ka-2019 ilethe ukukhula okwengeziwe nezimemezelo ezijabulisayo zokuthuthukiswa komzila."
