Oyang'anira ndege akutsutsa chigamulo chochotsa msewu wachitatu ku Heathrow

Akuluakulu a ndege achenjeza kuti "nkhuku zikubwera kunyumba kudzagona" pambuyo pa "chigamulo chosavuta komanso chodziwika bwino" chochotsa msewu wachitatu ku Heathrow, pomwe makampani opanga ndege ku Britain adalankhula mokweza kwambiri.

Akuluakulu a ndege achenjeza kuti "nkhuku zikubwera kukakhala kunyumba" pambuyo pa "chigamulo chosavuta komanso chodziwika bwino" chochotsa msewu wachitatu ku Heathrow, pomwe makampani opanga ndege ku Britain adalankhula mokweza kwambiri ku mgwirizanowu kuti ufotokoze njira zawo zakukulitsa ma eyapoti. .

Atsogoleri a Union ndi mabizinesi adalumikizana ndi mabwana a International Airlines Group, Namwali, Heathrow ndi eyapoti ya Manchester Lolemba kuti afunse kuti kukambirana komwe kukubwera pazandege "kusakhale chifukwa chozengereza". Ananenanso kuti zaka zakusaganiza bwino zimatanthauza kuti Britain "ikubwerera m'mbuyo ngati chuma chambiri panthawi yovuta kwambiri".

Willie Walsh, mkulu wa British Airways 'mwini wake IAG, adati andale atha kusankha kuti "ndife okondwa komwe tili - kotala - kapena titha kusankha kukhala opambana. Zomwe tanena m'dziko lino ndikuti tilibe cholinga ndipo uthengawo wafalikira padziko lonse lapansi. ” Anati makampaniwo "sakufunsa ndalama kwa okhometsa msonkho, kuti boma lichoke".

Pomwe gululi, polankhula pamodzi monga Aviation Foundation, linanena kuti "zosankha zonse" ziyenera kuganiziridwa, ambiri adawonetsa kuti amakonda kukulitsa kwa Heathrow ngati yankho. Inanena kuti kukambirana bwino kumayenera kuchitika mwachangu, momveka bwino komanso moyenera, ndikukwaniritsa mgwirizano wamagulu osiyanasiyana.

A Steve Ridgway, abwana a Virgin Atlantic, adati kutsekereza njanji yachitatu kumapangitsa Britain kutaya mwayi ndi bizinesi pomwe sangakwanitse. “Panthaŵiyo zinali zosavuta komanso zokomera anthu kusankha, ndipo tsopano nkhuku zikubwera kunyumba kudzagona. Iwo sangakhoze kusokoneza izo kenanso. Ngati izi zikutanthauza zokambirana zowawa za Heathrow, tiyeni tikhale nazo, chifukwa tsogolo lazachuma ndi lokongola kwambiri. Opikisana nawo akunja ayenera kukonda kusachitapo kanthu ku UK. "

Brendan Barber, mlembi wamkulu wa TUC, adati: "Sindinawonepo njira ina yodalirika yopitilira njanji yachitatu ndipo tikufunika kwambiri kumwera chakum'mawa."

A John Longworth, mkulu wa bungwe la British Chambers of Commerce, anati boma liyenera “kusiya kuyendayenda m’ndege chifukwa chongoganizira za ndale kwanthawi yochepa.”

Mgwirizanowu ukuyembekezeka kufalitsa dongosolo la kayendetsedwe ka ndege ndikuyambitsa zokambirana za "kuthekera kwa malo" mu Julayi, zomwe zidzayang'ane ngati Britain ikufunika ma eyapoti akuluakulu kuti alole kusamutsidwa kwa okwera ndikusunga njira zazitali. Walsh adabwerezanso kuwopseza kwake kuti aletse zokambirana zilizonse zomwe zikupatula kukulitsa Heathrow, ponena kuti zitha kukhala "nthabwala" komanso "zopanda tanthauzo".

Colin Matthews, wamkulu wamkulu wa BAA, eni ake a Heathrow, adatsindika kuti: "Njira yatsopano yowulukira ndege yomwe simalo ochitirapo kanthu sikufanana ndi kuchuluka kwa malo owonjezera."

Komabe, mabwana ama eyapoti ena - ngakhale amayankhulidwa ndi Aviation Foundation - adadzipatula pamikangano yake.

Stewart Wingate, wamkulu wamkulu wa eyapoti ya Gatwick, adati okwera ndege ambiri amayenda "malo-to-point", ndipo "kulumikizana" ndilo funso lalikulu. "Kodi ndizotheka kupereka bwalo la ndege? Zikuwoneka kuti sizingatheke. Poganizira kuchulukana kwa anthu kuzungulira Heathrow, zimapangitsa kutumiza [kwanjira yachitatu] kukhala vuto. Stansted ndi Gatwick ndi zosankha zina zikuwoneka kuti ndizothandiza kwambiri. ”

Ananenanso kuti ndege zatsopano, monga Dreamliner ndi A380, zipanga njira zazitali, zolunjika kumisika yomwe ikubwera yomwe ili ndi anthu ochepa, ndikuwonjezera kuti Gatwick idatumikira kale malo ambiri kuposa Heathrow. Gatwick - yemwe adanenanso za kukwera kwa 8.6% dzulo ndipo adalonjeza kuti adzagulitsanso ndalama zina pomwe ndalama zomwe adapeza zidakwera 16.9% mpaka $ 221.5m - ikukonzanso malingaliro a njanji yachiwiri, yomwe idzamangidwe pambuyo pa 2020, yomwe ingachulukitse kuchuluka kwake komwe kulipo anthu 35 miliyoni. chaka.

Atafunsidwa za malingaliro a Aviation Foundation, Wingate adati: "Nkhani yanga ili pa [Dipatimenti ya Transport] ndi zomwe akunena - ndiye dalaivala weniweni pano."

Bwalo la ndege la Birmingham, lomwe likukulitsa njira yake yothamangira ndege, nawonso adatsutsa, ponena kuti mtundu wa "hub" uyenera kusinthidwa ndi njira yoyendera ndege "yoyenera, yadziko". A Paul Kehoe, wamkulu wamkulu, adati boma liyenera "kutengera malingaliro akale amakampani. Yakwana nthawi yoti tiyambe kuzindikira kuti pali njira zingapo zothetsera ndege zaku UK. "

Pakadali pano, magulu osamalira zachilengedwe adachenjeza za "nthano" yoti msewu wachitatu kapena kukulitsa ndikofunikira pachuma cha UK. Hacan, yemwe akuyimira okhala pansi panjira za Heathrow, adati bwaloli limakhala ndi maulendo ambiri onyamuka sabata iliyonse kupita kumabizinesi akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi kuposa omwe amapikisana nawo awiri apamtima ku Paris ndi Frankfurt ataphatikiza.

Friends of the Earth inati: “Sitifunikira kumanga mabwalo a ndege atsopano kapena misewu ya ndege kumwera chakum’maŵa . . .

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  • The coalition is expected to publish a framework for aviation and launch a consultation on “hub capacity”.

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