ILondon Heathrow yaqopha umatasa wayo kakhulu njalo ngo-Ephreli njengosuku lokubaleka ngePhasika

• I-Heathrow iqophe okuphithizela kakhulu kweyake yaba khona ngo-Ephreli njengoba uhambo lwePhasika luthumela izinombolo zabagibeli zikhuphuka, okwenza isikhumulo sezindiza sibe yinyanga yama-30 yokukhula kulandelana.
• Izibalo ziveza isikhumulo sezindiza esimatasa kakhulu e-UK samukele abagibeli abayizigidi eziyi-6.79 ngenyanga edlule (+3.3% ngo-Ephreli odlule) okulinganiselwa ku-226,600 abagibeli bansuku zonke noma okulingana nenani labantu base-Aberdeen.
• INyakatho Melika bekuyimakethe edume kakhulu ngezindiza ezintsha eziya e-Nashville, e-Pittsburgh nase-Charleston ezisiza ukukhuphula izinombolo zabagibeli ngo-7.5% inyanga nenyanga. Imizila emisha eya eThekwini, eMarrakesh naseSeychelles iholele ekwenyukeni okuphawuleka ngo-12% kwabagibeli abaya e-Afrika.
• Ukusiza ukukhulisa izixhumanisi ezimakethe eziningi zase-Asia, uHeathrow umemezele i-Air China entsha, isevisi yamasonto onke kathathu eya e-Chengdu. I-Air China izothutha abagibeli abangu-80,000 kanye namathani angu-3,744 wempahla phakathi kweChina ne-UK unyaka ngamunye.
• Ithuthukisa ukuxhumana kwesifunda, i-Heathrow yamukele umzila ka-Flybe osuka e-Cornwall Airport Newquay, okuphawula ukuqala kwesevisi entsha yonyaka wonke esebenzisa izindiza ezine ngosuku, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto.
• Uhwebo nge-Heathrow lusebenze ngamandla ukwedlula noma iyiphi enye indawo yase-Europe, njengoba impahla yanda ezimakethe zase-Latin America (+15.1%) kanye nase-Afrika (+11.4%).
• INkantolo Ephakeme ikhiphe isinqumo sokuthi zonke izinselelo zokubuyekezwa kobulungiswa mayelana nokwandiswa kwe-Heathrow sezichithiwe, njengoba isikhumulo sezindiza silungiselela ukubonisana okungokomthetho ngeziphakamiso zaso ngoJuni. Ukubonisana kumelela ingqopha-mlando yokulethwa kwezidingo kanye nethuba elibalulekile lemiphakathi yendawo ukusiza ekulolongeni izinhlelo ze-Heathrow yesikhathi esizayo.

Isikhulu seHeathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe:

“Ukwenyuka kwesidingo sabagibeli kanye nemizila emisha yokudonsa izinyawo nemizi yasekhaya kuyisikhumbuzo sendima ebalulekile edlalwa izindiza emnothweni wethu, okuxhumanisa yonke iBrithani ekukhuleni komhlaba. Kodwa-ke, ukuze kugcinwe izinzuzo zezomnotho zokundiza ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, izindiza kufanele zidlale indima yazo ekugcineni ukufudumala komhlaba ngaphakathi kwamadigri angu-1.5. Ikhabhoni yinkinga, ayindizi, futhi iHeathrow iyahola ekuqhubekiseni imboni yezindiza emhlabeni wonke ukuthi ikhiphe i-zero carbon emissions ngo-2050.”