Ucwaningo olusha lwe-CEBR lwembula ukuthi abagibeli bebhizinisi nabezokungcebeleka ngeHeathrow bodwa babanga imali engaphezulu kwe- $ 16 billion esetshenziswe e-UK.
Abahambi baseMelika bahlinzeka ngamandla amakhulu, babala u- £ 3.74bn, noma cishe ikota yemali esetshenzisiwe, okukhombisa ukubaluleka kokubuyisa imizila ebalulekile ye-transatlantic.
Ucwaningo lwembula umklomelo e-UK njengoba izindleko eziphelele zezivakashi zingakhuphukela ku- £ 18bn ngonyaka ka-2025 uma i-UK ingavulwa ngokugcwele kuleli hlobo, izuzise ibhizinisi ezweni lonke ukusuka eLondon kuya eDundee.

I-UK kulindeleke ukuthi ilahlekelwe yizigidigidi zamakhilogremu kaHeathrow abagibeli abachithayo uma uhlu oluhlaza lungandiswa njengengxenye yokubuyekezwa kohambo ngoJuni 7^th. Ucwaningo olusha oluqhamuka ku-CEBR - iqembu elihamba phambili ekubikezeleni ezomnotho - lwembula ukuthi abagibeli bezamabhizinisi nabezokungcebeleka abafika eHeathrow bodwa basebenzisa imali engaphezu kwamaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-16 ezweni lonke. Lokhu kuchithwa kwabagibeli kubalulekile, hhayi kuphela embonini yezindiza kodwa ukuxhasa imisebenzi ezinkulungwaneni zamabhizinisi, kusuka kuma-boutique akuBond Street kuya kuma-distilleries eDundee.

Izivakashi zase-US ezihamba ngeHeathrow zingumthombo omkhulu wemali engenayo yezokuvakasha engenayo kuwo wonke umnotho, ngalaba bagibeli ababiza u- £ 3.74 billion amakhilogremu, cishe ikota (23%) yemali isetshenzisiwe ngenkathi bevakashele e-UK. Ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, i-US ibiyimakethe ehamba phambili yezimoto zabagibeli, i-LHR - i-JFK ingenye yemizila enenzuzo enkulu emhlabeni kanye nabagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-21 abahamba besuka esikhumulweni sezindiza beya eMelika ngo-2019. Lokhu kugqamisa isidingo esiphuthumayo sokubuyisela i-transatlantic yase-UK imizila - ngokungeza i-US ohlwini oluhlaza ngesikhathi sokuqala. Lezi zivakashi zisekela amadolobha namadolobha amakhulu e-UK, ngemali ephelele evela kubagibeli base-US abanikele ngaphezulu kwe- £ 700m emnothweni waseScotland kuphela, ngokusho kwe-Visit Britain.

Noma kunjalo, kunengozi yokuthi lezi zivakashi zase-US zingaya kwenye indawo. I-Italy ivule iminyango yayo kubagoma abahamba ngokuphelele baseMelika, kanti iFrance nayo ilungiselela ukulandela. Uma amazwe e-EU eqhubeka nokunyakaza ngokushesha nangokuphumelelayo ukuze abuyise ukuxhumana kwawo e-US, i-UK ingagcina ngokunikeza la mathuba ezomnotho e-EU, njengoba nje noHulumeni kufanele abeke isisekelo sezifiso zakhe ze-Global Britain.

Kusukela ekuqaleni kokuqala kokuhambela amazwe omhlaba ngoMeyi 17^th, sekwenziwe inqubekelaphambili esheshayo ngokukhishwa komuthi wokugomela umhlaba wonke, ikakhulukazi e-US lapho isilinganiso sokugoma sishesha sifinyelele e-UK. Le nqubekelaphambili, kanye nokuhlolwa kanye nezilawuli ezisuselwa engcupheni kaHulumeni, ivumela ukuthi izixhumanisi zibuyiselwe ngokuphepha kwabanye abalingani bezentengiselwano abasezingeni eliphansi base-UK, kudalula umnikelo omkhulu wezomnotho walezi zivakashi, ngenkathi kuvikelwa okuzuziwe ekulweni leli gciwane.

Ucwaningo lwe-CEBR lukhombisa nokuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwabagibeli abahamba ngeHeathrow kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule kuze kufike ku- £ 18.1bn ngonyaka maphakathi neshumi leminyaka, uma uhambo lwasemoyeni lwamazwe omhlaba luqala kabusha kuleli hlobo. Kepha uma izimo zikuvimbela lokho nezinombolo zezivakashi zikhula kancane, izindleko zingawela ngaphezu kwe-18% ziye ku- £ 13.6bn ngo-2025.

Lezi zindaba ziza ngesikhathi uHeathrow esebenza noHulumeni ukwethula isikhungo esisha esizinikele sabasanda kungena ohlwini lwabasafufusa, nokwakha amandla amaningi okufika kwabohlu oluluhlaza olwandisiwe. Ekuqaleni, isikhungo esizinikele sizoba seTheminali 3 bese siqala ngoJuni 1^st, ngaphambi kokuthi ihanjiswe kuTheminali 4.

Isikhulu seHeathrow, uJohn Holland-Kaye, uthe: “Lolu cwaningo lubonisa ukuthi mangaki amabhizinisi ase-UK alahlekelwa yimali ngenxa yemikhawulo kaHulumeni yokufinyelela izivakashi nezimakethe zaphesheya kwezilwandle. UHulumeni unamathuluzi okuvikela impilo yomphakathi kanye nezomnotho futhi oNgqongqoshe kumele bavule izindawo ezinobungozi obuningi kulo lonke elaseYurophu, kanye naseMelika, njengengxenye yokubuyekezwa okulandelayo ngoJuni 7^th. "

UJace Tyrrell, oyiChief Executive yeNew West End Company eLondon, uthe: “Imigwaqo yaseLondon ivamise ukugcwala ngabavakashi ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka njengoba bengagibeli ukundiza nje ukuvakashela iziqephu zomhlaba ezidumile, kodwa ukuzochitha imali ezitolo, emathiyetha, emahhotela nasezitolo zokudlela. Amaningi ala mabhizinisi alahlekelwe kakhulu kulezi zinyanga eziyishumi nanhlanu ezedlule, okuba nomthelela emiphakathini enhlokodolobha, ngakho-ke ukubuya kwezivakashi kuleli hlobo kusuka phesheya kwezilwandle kungamukeleka kakhulu. Sinxusa uHulumeni ukuthi enze konke okusemandleni ukuthi bakwazi ukubuya ngokuphepha. ”

U-Andrew McKenzie Smith, uMsunguli weLindores Abbey Distillery eNewburgh, eFife, uthe: “Ama-Distilleries eScotland aziwa emhlabeni wonke. Kungakho izivakashi - ikakhulukazi ezivela e-US - zihlale zingena ngobuningi bazo ukuzobona izingcweti nabesifazane bethu besebenza, beletha izigidi zamaphawundi nazo ezisiza ukuxhasa abasebenzi bendawo, amabhizinisi kanye nemiphakathi. Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kohambo lwaphesheya kwezilwandle, lo mthombo obalulekile wemali ulahlekile ngonyaka owedlule kulimaze bona laba bantu. Akuzona nje izikhumulo zezindiza kanye nezindiza ezibala ukuqala kabusha kwazo. Kungama-distiller eFife naseScotland ebanzi njengathi. ”

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