ILondon Heathrow yamukela i-17 yayo^th irekhodi lenyanga elandelanayo, ngabagibeli abayizigidi eziyi-6.5 ngoMashi (bakhuphuke ngo-5.5%)

Lesi isifinyezo sedatha esinikezwe yi-LHR.

Ukubaleka kwePhasika, okuhambisana nesikhathi esiyingxenye, kuholele ekutheni isikhumulo sezindiza sibe nosuku lwaso olumatasatasa lokusuka, njengoba kunabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-136,000 abahamba ngezinyawo abangama-30.^th
Izindawo ezihamba phambili, ezisafufusa bezingezinye zezenze kahle, njengoba isikhumulo sezindiza sibike ukukhula okuphindwe kabili ezimakethe zase-Afrika (12%) kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi (11%). I-Latin America nayo ibe nokukhula okuphawulekayo, okukhuphuke ngo-7.3%
Umthamo wezimpahla ukhuphuke ngo-1.5%, kanti isikhumulo sezindiza sibike inyanga yama-20 ilandelana yamarekhodi. Phakathi nenyanga, amathani angaphezu kuka-150,000 wempahla ahamba echwebeni elikhulu kunawo wonke e-UK.
I-USA (1,659t) kanye neJapan (682t) bekuphakathi kwezimakethe ezikhula ngokushesha zempahla.
UMashi uphinde waba yinyanga yokuwina imiklomelo, njengoba iTheminali 2 ye-Heathrow yehlula ozakwabo bamazwe ngamazwe ukuze iwine i-'World's Best Airport Terminal' okokuqala ngqa ku-2018 Skytrax World Airport Awards.
Imizila emisha eyethulwe i-Hainan Airlines kanye ne-Tianjin Airlines inikeze ukuxhumana okuqondile kokuqala kwe-UK emadolobheni akhulayo ase-Changsha nase-X'ian. IQantas iphinde yaqala insizakalo yayo yokuqala eqondile eya ePerth isuka eHeathrow - ihlinzeka ngomzila oshesha kakhulu oya e-Australia wempahla nabagibeli base-UK.
I-Transport Select Committee imemezele ukwesekwa komzila wezindiza osenyakatho-ntshonalanga e-Heathrow, ikholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuseyimpendulo efanele e-UK futhi lenza isisekelo sevoti lephalamende ehlobo.
Ukunwetshwa kwe-Heathrow kufinyelele enye ingqopha-mlando ebalulekile ngokuvalwa kokubonisana nomphakathi okukhulu kakhulu kwe-UK

Isikhulu seHeathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe:

“Ukukhula okukhulayo kwezibalo zabagibeli kanye nempahla, ikakhulukazi ezimakethe ezisafufusa, kusekela ukuphuthuma kokuvikela ikusasa lezomnotho laseBrithani ngomzila wesithathu wezindiza e-Heathrow - manje osesekelwe yiKomiti Ekhethiwe Yezokuthutha. Siyajabula ngokuthi abagibeli basilinganisele njengesinye sezikhumulo zezindiza ezihamba phambili eziyishumi emhlabeni wonke, beqaphela intuthuko enkulu enkonzweni esiyenzile kule minyaka embalwa edlule”