Njengoba abathengi abaningi behlose ukuqaphela kakhulu imvelo ngo-2019, abavakashi base-UK bangase bangawutusi umonakalo wendawo ezungezile kanye nemiphumela emibi yokuphakanyiswa kwabo 'kokuqabula nokundiza' ukuya esikhumulweni sezindiza. I-Kiss and Fly umkhuba wokwehlisa futhi uqoqe isihambi esikhumulweni sezindiza, okuholela ohambweni lwezimoto oluphindwe kabili uma kuqhathaniswa nokubhuka kusengaphambili indawo yokupaka ngaphandle kwesikhumulo sezindiza.
Kanye nomphumela wokuminyana kwezimoto nokukhiqiza inani eliphindwe kabili lesisi esiyingozi, amakheshi okuya esikhumulweni sezindiza ahlanganisa 'nezindleko ezifihliwe' zesikhathi nemali echithwa ilungu lomndeni noma umngane. Ukukhuthaza abahambi ukuthi baqaphele kakhulu uhambo lwabo lokuya nokubuya esikhumulweni sezindiza, ochwepheshe bezokuthutha baye bacwaninga nje izindleko zezindleko zokuqabula nokuhamba ngendiza ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-UK ezingama-23, okuhlanganisa i-London Heathrow, i-Manchester ne-Edinburgh. Ucwaningo futhi lugqamisa umphumela wamamayela engeziwe wokuqabula nokundiza.
Izikhumulo zezindiza ezinhlanu kwezingu-23 ezicwaningiwe zivumela abashayeli ukuthi behlise abagibeli ngqo esikhumulweni sezindiza mahhala, okuhlanganisa iLondon Heathrow neCardiff. Nokho, abahambi kufanele baqaphele ukuthi lezi zikhumulo zezindiza zingashaja ngemva kwesikhathi esithile. Isibonelo, isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Cardiff sikhokhisa u-£5 njalo ngemizuzu eyi-10 epakiwe ngemva kwemizuzu eyi-10 yokuqala. Izikhumulo zezindiza eziyi-15 zivumela ukwehla kwabagibeli esikhumulweni sezindiza ngenkokhelo, nezindleko zihluka ukusuka ku-£1 kuze kube yimizuzu engama-30 esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Exeter ukuya ku-£3.50 imizuzu eyi-10 e-London Stansted. Abangane nomndeni kufanele bahlale beqaphe isikhathi esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Luton njengoba ngemva kokukhokha u-£3 emizuzwini yokuqala eyi-10 enkundleni yetheminali, abashayeli bakhokhiswa u-£1 owengeziwe ngomzuzu ngamunye abawusebenzisa endaweni yokwehlisa.
Abakhi bamaholide abazimisele ukuhamba ibangana bangonga ezindlekweni ngokukhetha ukwehliswa ezindaweni zokupaka izimoto ezihlala isikhashana noma isikhathi eside, kanti izikhumulo zezindiza eziyi-18 zikunikeza lokhu mahhala. Lokhu kufaka phakathi Isikhumulo Sezindiza saseLondon Luton, esivumela imizuzu efika kweyi-15 mahhala endaweni yokupaka izimoto yamaphakathi nonyaka, okuyindawo eyimizuzu eyi-10 - 15 ngonyawo ukusuka esakhiweni setheminali. Ngokufanayo, ukupaka endaweni yokupaka izimoto ezihlala isikhathi eside e-Southampton Airport kumahhala kuze kufike emaminithini angu-30 futhi indawo yokugcina ingafinyelelwa ngemizuzu emi-5 ngebhasi elihambayo, elihamba njalo ngemizuzu eyi-10 – 12. Kodwa-ke, iBournemouth neBristol azinikezi izinketho zokwehlisa abagibeli mahhala, ngisho nasemapaki ezimoto okuhlala isikhashana.
Ukuqoqa obathandayo esikhumulweni sezindiza, izikhumulo zezindiza eziyi-14 zivumela ukuqoqwa kwabagibeli endaweni engaphambi kwetheminali, ababili bavumela ukupaka kwesikhashana imizuzu emihlanu mahhala. Abashayeli ezikhumulweni zezindiza eziyisishiyagalolunye, okuhlanganisa i-Aberdeen ne-Bristol, kumele baqoqe abahambi ezindaweni zokupaka izimoto ezihlala isikhashana eziseduze, ngezindleko ezihlukayo kusukela kwamahhala ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezinhlanu ukuya ku-£5.10 kufika ehoreni elilodwa esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Birmingham.
Ngokuhambisana nezindleko zezimali, uhambo lokuqabula nokundiza luhlanganisa 'izindleko ezifihliwe' zabathandekayo. Isibonelo, abashayeli abaya esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Birmingham besuka enkabeni yedolobha bangalindela ukuchitha isamba samahora amabili emgwaqeni futhi bakhokhe cishe u-£9.60* wezindleko zikaphethiloli ohambweni olubili lokubuya. Uma kuhlanganiswe nezindleko ezimbili zika-£5.10 ngehora ngalinye lokupaka esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Birmingham, izindleko eziphelele zokuqabula nomshayeli wendiza zifika ku-£19.80.
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