I-Singapore Airlines isiqede indiza ende kunazo zonke emhlabeni engami e-New York, ngemva kohambo lwendiza olungaphezu kuka-15,000 km ngamahora angu-17 nemizuzu engu-52.
USara Grady, Inhloko Yezokuvakasha kwa-GlobalData, inkampani yedatha ne-analytics, unikeza umbono wakhe ngokuthi lokhu kusho ukuthini kulo mkhakha:
''Unyaka odlule kuvuleke igagasi lezindiza ezithatha uhambo olude, ezithutha abagibeli emhlabeni wonke ngesikhathi esirekhodiwe kanye nokunethezeka. Lokhu kuqhutshwa ukusebenza ngempumelelo okukhulu kwezobuchwepheshe, okwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuhamba amabanga amade kangako ngaphandle kokumiswa kukaphethiloli, kanye nentuthuko eye yasiza ekwehliseni umthelela wokuphila emzimbeni womuntu.
''Kodwa-ke, lokhu ngeke kube yilutho ngaphandle kwesidingo semakethe. Ukuthi i-Singapore Airlines ayinikezi isihlalo somnotho kuyasitshela, futhi kusikisela iqiniso eliyisisekelo lokuthi lolu hambo, esikhathini esifushane ukuya maphakathi nethemu okungenani, luzogcinelwa abahambi abacebe kakhulu.
''Okwamanje kushibhe okwesithathu ukusuka e-London ukuya e-Perth uma umile kunokundiza uqonde ngqo. Ngokulondolozwa kwesikhathi samahora ambalwa kuphela kwezinye izimo, izinzuzo zokuxhumeka okuqondile zizofaneleka kuphela kumhambi webhizinisi noma kumaholidi aphezulu.
“Ngakho-ke akulindelekile ukuthi umthelela embonini ube mkhulu kakhulu.
“Sesivele sisenkathini yoshintsho olukhulu, lapho abathwali bezindleko eziphansi (LCCs) benikeza abathwali benkonzo egcwele ngokwengeziwe (FSCs) noma bahlukanise amathikithi abo ukuze baqhudelane nama-LCC, noma ngokuphambene bathuthukise umnikelo wabo weprimiyamu - njengaseQatar. Igumbi lokulala lebhizinisi le-Qsuite lethulwe ngalesi sikhathi ngonyaka odlule. Ngakho-ke, ukuvela kabusha kwezindiza ezithatha uhambo olude kubonakala kuwukuqhubeka okungokwemvelo kwalolu shintsho lwemakethe.
''Njengoba ubuchwepheshe buthuthuka kanye nokujwayelana nomqondo wohambo olude kakhulu lufinyelela ezindaweni ezijwayelekile sizobona imizila eminingi ivuleka, nokho-ke sikude kakhulu ukudonsa okude kakhulu okuba yinsakavukela.''
