Isikhumulo sezindiza iMilan Malpensa silungiselela ukwamukela i-All Nippon Airways ngo-2020

Zonke i-Nippon Airways (ANA) izoqala ukundizela eMilan Isikhumulo sezindiza saseMalpensa kusukela e-Tokyo Haneda, isikhumulo sezindiza sesine emhlabeni esimatasatasa, ehlobo lango-2020, saba ngese-15 esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Italy esinikeza inkampani yase-Asia. Le nkonzo izophawula ukubuya kwenkampani yaseJapan eya e-Italy ngemuva kwegebe leminyaka eyi-10. I-Malpensa izoba yisikhumulo sezindiza sesishiyagalombili kuphela saseYurophu esisetshenziswa inkampani ye-Star Alliance isuka ezisekelweni zayo ze-Tokyo Haneda ne-Narita, njengoba i-Milan ijoyina ucingo oluhlonishwayo lwezikhululo zezindiza zesifunda - i-London Heathrow, i-Frankfurt, i-Paris CDG, i-Brussels, i-Munich, i-Vienna ne-Dusseldorf - ngamasevisi aqondile avela kunkampani yenethiwekhi yaseJapan.

Ukuqala kwezindiza ze-ANA ngonyaka ozayo kuzobonisa ukuthi sekufike enye futhi 'i-Five-Star Airline' eMilan, njengoba inkampani yezindiza ingenye yezinkampani ezithwala impahla eziyisishiyagalombili emhlabeni wonke ezihlonishwa kakhulu yinhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe yokulinganisa ikhwalithi i-SkyTrax. I-Malpensa manje izokwamukela abathuthi abayisithupha kulaba abayisishiyagalombili abahlonishwayo ngo-2020. "Izindiza ze-ANA zizokwamukelwa ngokukhethekile umphakathi wamabhizinisi waseMilanese ngenxa yekhwalithi ephezulu yenkonzo yayo," kunezela u-Andrea Tucci, i-VP Aviation Business Development e-SEA.

I-Tokyo iyindawo yokuqala e-Asia ngesidingo sabagibeli abavela eMalpensa. "Imakethe yaseJapan nayo ingeyesibili ngobukhulu eMilan e-Asia, ibiza cishe abagibeli be-O&D abangaba ngu-400,000 ngonyaka, futhi inyuke ngo-11% onyakeni kuze kube manje," kuqinisekisa uTucci. "IJapan isithandwa kakhulu e-Italy futhi ithuthuka ibe umkhiqizo wangempela ngempendulo enkulu evela eMilan: isabelo sayo sethrafikhi esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Italy."

Ukuvulwa kwalo mzila omusha kuza njengomphumela oqondile wezingxoxo zesivumelwano phakathi kwe-Italy ne-Japan “I-Milan ibiyisango elikhethwe inkampani yezindiza yase-Japan njengendawo yokungena emakethe yase-Italy. Lobu kuwubufakazi obengeziwe bokubaluleka kokuthola amalungelo omgwaqo anikezwe idolobha laseMilan,” kuchaza uTucci.

"Kulezi zingxoxo, iMidlalo Yama-Olympic yaseTokyo yango-2020 nayo ibambe iqhaza elibalulekile futhi akumane kuqondane ukuthi iMilan yona iklonyeliswe ngama-Winter Olympics ngo-2026, okusho ukuthi ukuxhumana phakathi kwala madolobha womabili kuqala ngaphansi kwesisekelo esihle kakhulu."

Abathwali abahamba ibanga elide balokhu beza eMilan, njengoba uJulayi ngonyaka ozayo uphawula ukubuya kweGulf Air eMalpensa, egcine ukusebenzela isikhumulo sezindiza ngoMashi 2012 isuka endaweni yayo eBahrain. Umthwali waseMpumalanga Ephakathi uyindiza yesikhombisa esuka esifundeni saseGulf ukusebenzela iMilan. “I-Bahrain izovala igebe lemakethe okuwukuphela kwalo elingekho eMalpensa ngaphandle kokuxhumana okuqondile nendawo yaseGulf. Le nsizakalo entsha isiletha ezingeni elifanayo neParis CDG, Frankfurt kanye neLondon Heathrow ngokwephothifoliyo yamakhasimende aseGulf,” kuchaza uTucci.

Izimemezelo zakamuva ze-Gulf Air kanye ne-ANA zilandela ngemuva nje kwalokho kwe-EVA Air. Inkampani yezindiza yaseTaiwan izovula indiza ephindwe kane masonto onke isuka eTaipei Taoyuan kusukela ngomhlaka-18 February ngonyaka ozayo. "U-2020 ubukeka njengonyaka othembisayo kakade njengoba kwethulwa imizila emithathu edonsa isikhathi eside, ikakhulukazi njengoba iza ngemuva komnyaka ka-2019 oyimpumelelo, kodwa oyinselelo," kusho uTucci.

Ehlobo eledlule, phakathi kuka-27 July kuya ku-27 Okthoba, i-Milan Linate yavalwa ukuze kulungiswe umzila wezindiza futhi ithrafikhi yawo yashintshwa isikhashana yayiswa eMalpensa, okuholele ekwenyukeni okukhulu ekusetshenzisweni kwesikhumulo sezindiza sakamuva esikhathini sonyaka osekuyisikhathi esimatasa kakhulu ngaso. “I-Malpensa iphumelele ukuhlolwa, ithole ngokugcwele futhi ngokushelelayo u-+28% womthamo owengeziwe. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okwenziwe kule phrojekthi kuzohlala futhi kukulungele ukusiza lezo zinkampani zezindiza ezizimisele ukutshala imali kwesinye sezindiza ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe e-Europe ezingenawo amandla,” kuthakasela uTucci.

Ukubuyela emisebenzini evamile akubonanga ukwehla kokuphuma, ngokuphambene nalokho, ithrafikhi ikhula ngoNovemba ngo-7%, izinga elingaphezu kwesilinganiso sase-Italy. Onyakeni kuze kube manje (ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba) ithrafikhi ye-SEA inyuke ngo-9% yaya ku-22.8 million abagibeli, uma ingacabangi izindiza ze-Linate, futhi ikhuphuke yafinyelela ezigidini ezingu-27.7 (+18%) lapho izindiza zezindiza ezimaphakathi nedolobha zicatshangelwa.

Umfutho weMilanese awugcini nje esikhumulweni sezindiza, njengoba idolobha ngokwalo lihlangabezana nezivakashi eziningi kunangaphambili, kuphetha uTucci. “USepthemba 2019 umake inani elirekhodiwe lezivakashi endaweni yasedolobheni laseMilan, okungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi izivakashi zifike esigidini esisodwa, okumele ukukhula okungu-+17% ngenyanga efanayo ngo-2018. Lesi yingqopha-mlando ebalulekile eqinisekisa ukukhanga kweMilan. njengenye yezindawo ezithandwayo emhlabeni.”