Ndege ya King Shaka ku Durban ikuwonera kukula kwamitundu iwiri

King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) ku Durban idatha 2018 mwapamwamba kwambiri chifukwa chokwera manambala apadziko lonse lapansi ndi 13% mu Disembala. Izi, kuphatikiza kukula kwamphamvu kwa okwera okwera opitilira 6% pa 2018, zawona KSIA ikusungabe malo ake ngati eyapoti yayikulu kwambiri yaku South Africa chaka chachiwiri.

Kuchita bwino kwa nyengo ya Disembala kumatsatira kuwonjezeka kwa 11% kwa omwe akukwera padziko lonse lapansi mu Novembala, poyerekeza ndi Novembala 2017. KSIA idagwira pafupifupi okwera 5.9 miliyoni apakhomo ndi akunja kwathunthu mu 2018, pomwe 372,543 anali okwera ndege pamayiko akunja.

"Ntchito yatsopano yosayima ku Britain Airways pakati pa Heathrow International Airport ndi Durban, yomwe idayambitsidwa kumapeto kwa Okutobala 2018, yalimbikitsa kukula ku KSIA. Tsopano tikuwona kuchuluka kwa anthu okhala padziko lonse lapansi, "atero a Hamish Erskine, Co-Chairman wa Durban Direct komanso CEO wa Dube TradePort Corporation.

“Kuuluka kwakatatu pa sabata kwatsimikizira kuti pakufunika kosagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa anthu ogwira ntchito zouluka ku Durban. Kukula komwe tikuwona ndi njira yopita ku Durban- London kukugwirizana ndikukula kwakomwe kukuwonetsedwa ndi bizinesi yathu ku Britain Airways, zomwe zidalimbikitsa chisankho chawo chokhazikitsa njira yolunjika, "akuwonjezera.

Erskine akufotokoza kuti kupatula kukula kwa 11% yapadziko lonse lapansi mu Novembala 2018 ndi 13% kukula mu Disembala, motsatana (poyerekeza ndi Novembala ndi Disembala 2017), ziwerengero za KSIA zapadziko lonse lapansi zidakula ndi 42% yolembera mwezi ndi mwezi, pakati pa Novembala. ndi Disembala 2018. Kuphatikiza pa njira yatsopano ya British Airways, izi zidachitika chifukwa Emirates idakwera ndege zina pakati pa Dubai ndi Durban mu Disembala.

Malinga ndi ziwerengero zaboma zochokera ku Kampani ya Ndege yaku South Africa, KSIA idasamalira okwera 5,880,390 mu 2018, kuwonetsa kukula kwa 6.4%. Ndegeyo idasunganso okwera okwera 553,149 mu Disembala 2018, pomwe 41054 amayenda m'njira zapadziko lonse lapansi. Mwezi wolemba wakale wa KSIA udali mu Disembala 2017, pomwe udagwira anthu okwera 520,930.

“Monga Durban Direct, cholinga chathu ndikupanga ndikulitsa msika wogulitsa anthu ku Durban. Tayamba kale kulumikizana ndi mabungwe azaboma kuti atithandizire kukulitsa zomwe pulogalamuyi ikukhudzidwa, "akutero a Erskine.

"Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zachitika mgululi zikukhudza kugwira ntchito ndi omwe tikugwira nawo nawo ndege kuti tithandizire kukulitsa okwera anthu kudzera pakukhazikitsa njira yodzigulitsa yapadziko lonse lapansi. Cholinga chathu chachikulu ndikupanga malo omwe anzathu apaulendo akuwona kukula kwakukulu, zomwe ziwathandize kupereka zifukwa zowonjezera zowonjezera ku Durban, "akuwonjezera.

A Phindile Makwakwa, Co-Chairman wa Durban Direct komanso Executive Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, akuti: "Ntchito zampweya zimathandizira kukulitsa msika wazokopa alendo ku Durban. Nyengo yayitali kwambiri ya Disembala anthu obwera komanso ochokera kumayiko ena akufika pofika 553,149 - kukula kwa 6%. Gawo lalikulu la awa anali ofuna kupumula padziko lonse lapansi, amafika ku Durban nthawi yachisangalalo, ndikufufuza zotsala ku KwaZulu-Natal. ”

Akuwonjezera kuti: "Kukula kwa okwera omwe akuuluka molunjika kupita ku Durban kuchokera kumsika wapadziko lonse lapansi kukukulirakulira, komabe Johannesburg ikupitilizabe kukhala njira yofunika kwambiri kwa apaulendo ochokera kumayiko ena olowera ku Durban paulendo wapandege. Komabe, kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito yosayima pakati pa Durban ndi London ndi British Airways kwawonetsa kuchuluka kwa okwera ndege ochokera kumayiko ena omwe akuuluka molunjika kupita ku Durban mu Novembala ndi Disembala 2018. ”

A Phillip Sithole, wachiwiri kwa manejala wamzinda wa eThekwini pankhani zachitukuko ndi kukonza mapulani, akuti: “Alendo adawononga ndalama pafupifupi R2.7 biliyoni ku Durban nthawi yachisangalalo ya 2018, yomwe ndi kuwonjezeka kwa R500 miliyoni. Tikuwona kuti chiwerengerochi chikukula ndikubwera kwa ndege zatsopano zapanyumba, zigawo komanso mayiko ena.

Sithole akuwonjezera kuti: "Takhala tikugwira ntchito yolumikizana limodzi ndi mabungwe azokopa alendo komanso makampani kuti tisunge zotsatsa zabwino zomwe timapereka ngati mzinda. Izi, limodzi ndi kulumikizana kwakukulu kwapadziko lonse komanso kwakomweko, kwawonetsa kuti Durban ikulandila alendo miliyoni miliyoni panthawi yachisangalalo. ”

Pakadali pano, njira ya Durban Direct ikhala kuyang'ana kukulitsa pafupipafupi komanso kuthekera kwa omwe akuchita nawo ndege omwe akutumikira KSIA. Cholinga cha nthawi yayitali ndichokopa kulumikizana ndi mlengalenga kupita ku Far East, mwina kuchititsa kuti ndege ziziyenda ku Singapore kapena Hong Kong, zomwe zingapereke mwayi wopita ku China, Japan, South Korea, ndi South East Asia.

Pakadali pano, Erskine akuti kuchuluka kwa katundu wolemera ku Dube TradePort's Cargo Terminal akupitilizabe kutsatira mosamalitsa chiwerengero cha okwera, ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi zikukula ndi 40% kuyambira Epulo mpaka Disembala 2018. Ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito zatsopano zamlengalenga, msika ukufulumira gwiritsirani ntchito mphamvu zowonjezera, zomwe zikuwonjezera kufunika konyamula ndege kudutsa gulu lonse. Kuyambira Okutobala mpaka kumapeto kwa Disembala 2018, kuchuluka kwa katundu wapadziko lonse kudakulirakulira ndi 7,64%, kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa kwa Britain Airways ku Durban.