Ngenye inyanga elandelanayo yokuqopha, abagibeli abangu-6.11m badlula eHeathrow ngoNovemba, bakhuphuka ngo-3.3%. Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi amanani abagibeli ngoNovemba adlule izigidi eziyisithupha.
INyakatho Melika ibone ukukhula ngo-5.8% kusuka kusisekelo esibalulekile, ngenxa yamanani entengo ancintisanayo esifundeni. Ngenkathi i-Afrika ibone ukwanda okukhulu kwamaphesenti, kukhuphuke u-10.2%, kuqhutshwa yimizila emisha eya eMarrakech, eSeychelles naseThekwini.
Ngaphezulu kwamathani ayizigidi ezingama-150,000 wezimpahla ahamba eHeathrow ngoNovemba neBrazil, China neTurkey besebenza ngamandla.
Ngaphambi kwevoti lePhalamende mayelana neSivumelwano Sokuhoxiswa, uHeathrow umemezele ukuthi isikhumulo sezindiza sizokhokhela ozakwabo be-EU ukuze bathole 'isimo sokuzinza'.
IHeathrow yisikhumulo sezindiza sokuqala sase-UK ukubeka uhlelo lwayo lokukhula okungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni, echaza ngeqhaza elizolibamba ezindaweni ezine ezibalulekile ukunciphisa nokuqeda ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ekukhuleni kwezindiza, okwenziwe ngumgwaqo owengeziwe.
Kwelinye i-UK kuqala, uHeathrow wethule umgwaqo wakhe wokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinkulungwane zabasebenza nabo bezokuhlinzeka bazoqinisekiswa ngeholo eliphilayo ngonyaka we-2020.
Kwamenyezelwa izinsizakalo zasekhaya ezengeziwe, kanti uHeathrow uzoxhunyaniswa ngqo neNewquay okokuqala ngqa emlandweni wesikhumulo sezindiza, exhuma le ndawo nezokuvakasha kanye nezohwebo zomhlaba wonke. IBritish Izindiza izokwengeza insizakalo entsha yansuku zonke kwi-Inverness, ebekelwe ukukhulisa umnotho waseScotland ngo- £ 17million.
Uhlelo lweHeathrow Logistics Hub luqala uhlu lwemibuzo lwe-pre-qualification (PQQ) ukuthola ukuthi yiziphi kulezi zingosi ezingama-65 ezizokwenza uhlu oluzohlungwa ngonyaka ozayo.
Isikhulu seHeathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe:
“Izinombolo ezirekhodiwe zabagibeli zikhetha ukusebenzisa iHeathrow ngoba sinikela ngomsebenzi ovelele nenani elingcono kubagibeli bethu. Kodwa ukukhula kufanele kube okuqhubekayo, futhi uhlelo lwethu lokukhula kwe-carbon neutral luyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekufinyeleleni enhlosweni yethu yokugcina i-zero carbon aviation. ”
