Uhwebo lwaseBrithani lomhlaba wonke e-Heathrow lwenyuka ngoMashi, ngamavolumu akhuphuka acishe abe ngu-13% aya ku-148,000 metric tonnes - ukukhula okukhulu kwanyanga zonke eminyakeni emi-5. Njengechweba elikhulu lase-UK, i-Heathrow iwumthombo oyinhloko wokuhweba waseBrithani ukuphatha okungaphezulu kwama-30% okuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwe-EU kanye nempahla eyengeziwe ngenani ukwedlula zonke ezinye izikhumulo zezindiza zase-UK zihlangene.
Izimakethe ezisafufusa ezithatha isikhathi eside zisalokhu zihamba phambili ekusebenzeni kwempahla, njengoba izimakethe ezibalulekile ngoMashi zihlanganisa iMexico (+28%), iBrazil (+13%), i-India (+9%) ne-China (+5%) kanye nokukhula okumangalisayo. ukuya e-Indonesia (ngaphezulu kuka-9,000%) ngemuva kokuthi i-Garuda Indonesia ithuthele e-Heathrow isuka e-Gatwick ngonyaka odlule.
Izinsizakalo ezintsha zikaFlybe eziya eScotland zibonakale zithandwa ngabagibeli njengoba traffic yasekhaya eHeathrow yeqa ngo-4.4% ngoMashi. Izindiza ze-Flybe zithuthukisa ukukhetha kwabagibeli emizileni ebalulekile yase-Scottish futhi zilandela ukwehlisa kuka-Heathrow izindleko zabagibeli basekhaya ngengxenye yesithathu ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Ukulungiswa kwezikhathi zePhasika ezihlukene, inani labagibeli lilonke likhuphuke cishe ngo-5% ngoMashi ngerekhodi labagibeli abangu-6.16m abahamba ngehabhu yase-UK, eqhutshwa ukukhula eMpumalanga Asia (+8%), Latin America (+7%) naseMiddle East. EMpumalanga (+6%) ngaphezu kwevolumu yasekhaya eqinile.
Ukuvota okusha kwe-ComRes kwembule ukweqisa kwama-77% amaLungu ePhalamende abuyisela ukunwetshwa kwe-Heathrow, kanti iPhalamende liqinisekise ukuthi umzila wesithathu wezindiza iphrojekthi yengqalasizinda ebaluleke kakhulu yokuvikela ukuchuma kwekusasa laseBrithani ngaphambi kwe-HS2 ne-Hinkley Point C.
I-China Southern ikuqinisekisile ukuthi izophinda kabili umthamo wezimpahla komunye wemizila yokuhweba ebaluleke kakhulu yaseBrithani lapho yethula insizakalo eyengeziwe e-Guangzhou ngoJuni, okuqhubekisela phambili ukuthuthukisa amathuba okuthunyelwa kwempahla ebhizinisini laseBrithani.
UHeathrow uthole umklomelo 'weSikhumulo Sezindiza Esingcono Kakhulu ENtshonalanga Yurophu' ngonyaka wesithathu olandelanayo oncomekayo kuma-Skytrax Awards aminyaka yonke, ogcizelela ukuzibophezela kwesikhumulo sezindiza ekuletheni isevisi yabagibeli esezingeni eliphezulu.
Isikhulu seHeathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe:
“Ukukhula kohwebo, ukuxhumana okwengeziwe kwasekhaya kanye nokukhula okuhlala isikhathi eside kuyisizinda somnotho wase-UK. Izibalo zanamuhla zibeka iBrithani esimeni esiqinile njengoba uHulumeni eqala izingxoxo ze-Brexit futhi agcizelela indima eyingqayizivele edlalwa uHeathrow njengesango lezwe lomhlaba.
“Izinhlelo zethu zokwandisa zizonikeza iBrithani amathuluzi okwenza kangcono nakakhulu. Sizophinda kabili ukuxhumana kwethu kwasekhaya futhi sengeze izixhumanisi zokuhweba ezihamba ibanga elide ezingafika kwezingu-40, okwenza i-UK ibe izwe elixhumeke kakhulu emhlabeni. Kungumklomelo omkhulu olethwa yiHeathrow kuphela futhi siyaqhubeka nokuwutholela iBrithani.”
Isifinyezo seTraffic
Mashi 2017
Abagibeli Besikhumulo
(000s) Inyanga % Shintsha uJan kube
Mar 2017 % Shintsha ngo-Ephreli 2016 ukuze
Mar 2017 % Shintsha
I-Heathrow 6,156 0.9 17,162 2.2 76,050 0.9
Inyanga Yokuhamba Kwezokuthutha Zezindiza % Shintsha uJan kube ngu-
Mar 2017 % Shintsha ngo-Ephreli 2016 ukuze
Mar 2017 % Shintsha
I-Heathrow 39,409 0.6 111,406 -0.8 472,295 -0.1
cargo
(Metric Tonnes) Inyanga % Shintsha uJan kube ngu-
Mar 2017 % Shintsha ngo-Ephreli 2016 ukuze
Mar 2017 % Shintsha
I-Heathrow 148,269 12.6 399,481 7.3 1,568,384 4.7
Ukuqhathaniswa kwemakethe
(000s) Inyanga % Shintsha uJan kube
Mar 2017 % Shintsha ngo-Ephreli 2016 ukuze
Mar 2017 % Shintsha
Market
I-UK 397 4.4 1,069 1.3 4,662 -6.7
I-Europe 2,544 0.6 6,939 1.8 31,862 1.3
Afrika 255 -5.0 773 -2.6 3,143 -3.3
INyakatho Melika 1,334 -2.1 3,562 -1.1 17,129 -1.4
I-Latin America 104 6.9 305 1.4 1,230 0.4
Middle East 605 5.7 1,804 13.1 7,170 10.3
I-Asia / Pacific 919 3.0 2,709 3.2 10,853 2.5
Ingqikithi 6,156 0.9 17,162 2.2 76,050 0.9
