Filin jirgin sama na King Shaka a Durban ya shaida ci gaban lambobi biyu

Filin jirgin sama na King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) a Durban ya ƙare 2018 a kan matsayi mai girma ta haɓaka lambobin fasinja na ƙasa da kashi 13% a cikin Disamba. Wannan, tare da haɓakar fasinja mai ƙarfi na cikin gida sama da 6% na 2018, ya ga KSIA ta ci gaba da riƙe matsayinta a matsayin babban filin jirgin sama mafi girma a Afirka ta Kudu tsawon shekara ta biyu.

Kololuwar lokacin watan Disamba ya biyo bayan karuwar 11% na lambobin fasinja na kasa da kasa a watan Nuwamba, idan aka kwatanta da Nuwamba 2017. KSIA ta kula da kusan fasinjoji miliyan 5.9 na gida da na waje a cikin 2018, wanda 372,543 fasinjoji ne da ke tashi a kan hanyoyin kasa da kasa.

“Sabon sabis ɗin jiragen saman Birtaniyya na ba da tsayawa tsakanin Filin jirgin sama na Heathrow na London da Durban, wanda aka ƙaddamar a ƙarshen Oktoba 2018, ya haɓaka haɓaka a KSIA. Yanzu muna ganin ci gaban lambobi biyu a cikin fasinjojin duniya," in ji Hamish Erskine, Co-Chair of Durban Direct kuma Shugaba na Kamfanin Dube TradePort.

“Jigin sau uku a mako ya tabbatar da cewa akwai bukatar da ba a yi amfani da ita ba ta jiragen kai tsaye zuwa Durban. Ci gaban da muke gani tare da hanyar Durban-London ya yi daidai da hasashen ci gaban da shari'ar kasuwancinmu ta nuna ga British Airways, wanda ya ba da shawarar gabatar da hanyar kai tsaye," in ji shi.

Erskine ya bayyana cewa baya ga karuwar fasinja na kasa da kasa da kashi 11% a watan Nuwamba 2018 da kashi 13% a watan Disamba, bi da bi (idan aka kwatanta da Nuwamba da Disamba 2017), lambobin fasinja na kasa da kasa na KSIA sun karu da kashi 42% a duk wata, tsakanin Nuwamba. da Disamba 2018. Bayan sabon hanyar British Airways, wannan ya faru ne saboda Emirates sanya ƙarin jirage tsakanin Dubai da Durban a cikin Disamba.

Dangane da kididdigar hukuma daga Kamfanin Filayen Jiragen Sama na Afirka ta Kudu, KSIA ta kula da jimillar fasinjoji 5,880,390 a cikin 2018, wanda ke nuna haɓakar 6.4%. Har ila yau, filin jirgin ya dauki nauyin fasinjoji 553,149 a watan Disambar 2018, wanda 41054 daga cikinsu ke tafiya kan hanyoyin kasa da kasa. Watan rikodin da KSIA ta yi a baya ya kasance a cikin Disamba 2017, lokacin da ta kula da fasinjoji 520,930.

“A matsayin Durban Direct, manufarmu ita ce haɓakawa da haɓaka kasuwar fasinja ta Durban. Mun riga mun fara hulɗa da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu don taimaka mana mu faɗaɗa tasirin shirin,” in ji Erskine.

“Daya daga cikin tsare-tsaren da ke cikin wannan shirin ya haɗa da yin aiki tare da abokan aikinmu na jirgin sama don ƙara haɓaka haɓakar fasinja ta hanyar aiwatar da tsarin hada-hadar kasuwanci na duniya. Babban manufar ita ce samar da yanayi inda abokan aikinmu na jirgin sama ke ganin ci gaban bukatu, wanda zai ba su damar ba da hujjar gabatar da ƙarin mitoci zuwa Durban, "in ji shi.

Phindile Makwakwa, Co-Chair of Durban Direct and CEO Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, ya lura: “Ayyukan jiragen sama suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen haɓaka kasuwar yawon buɗe ido a Durban. Lokacin kololuwar watan Disamba ya ga masu shigowa da fasinjoji na cikin gida da na waje da tashi sun kai rikodin 553,149 - haɓaka na 6%. Wani muhimmin kaso na wannan su ne masu neman nishaɗi na duniya, sun sauka a Durban don lokacin bukukuwa, da kuma bincika sauran a KwaZulu-Natal."

Ta kara da cewa: “An samu karuwar fasinjojin da ke tashi kai tsaye zuwa Durban daga kasuwannin kasa da kasa, duk da haka Johannesburg na ci gaba da kasancewa muhimmiyar hanyar jigilar matafiya na kasa da kasa da ke shiga Durban a cikin jiragen cikin gida. Duk da haka, ƙaddamar da sabis ɗin ba tare da tsayawa ba tsakanin Durban da London ta British Airways ya ga karuwar fasinjoji na kasa da kasa da ke tashi kai tsaye zuwa Durban a cikin Nuwamba da Disamba 2018."

Phillip Sithole, mataimakin manajan birnin eThekwini kan harkokin bunƙasa tattalin arziki da tsare-tsare, ya ce: “Masu yawon buɗe ido sun kashe kusan R2.7 biliyan a Durban a lokacin bukukuwan 2018, wanda ya kasance ƙarin R500 miliyan. Muna ganin wannan adadin yana karuwa tare da bullo da sabbin jiragen sama na cikin gida, na yanki da na kasa da kasa."

Sithole ya kara da cewa: “Mun kasance muna aiki kan dabarun hadin gwiwa tare da kungiyoyin yawon bude ido da masana’antu don kula da ingancin kayayyakin yawon bude ido da muke bayarwa a matsayin birni. Wannan, tare da mafi girman haɗin kai na kasa da kasa da na gida, ya ga Durban yana iya karbar baƙi miliyan ɗaya a lokacin bukukuwan. "

Na matsakaicin lokaci, hanyar Durban Direct za ta mayar da hankali ne kan haɓaka mita da ƙarfin abokan aikin jirgin da ke hidimar KSIA a halin yanzu. Manufar dogon lokaci ita ce jawo hanyar haɗin kai kai tsaye zuwa gabas mai nisa, mai yiwuwa sabis na iska kai tsaye zuwa ko dai Singapore ko Hong Kong, wanda zai samar da ingantacciyar isar da iska zuwa babban yankin China, Japan, Koriya ta Kudu, da Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya.

A halin da ake ciki, Erskine ya ba da rahoton cewa, jigilar kaya daga Dube TradePort's Cargo Terminal yana ci gaba da bin diddigin lambobi na fasinja, tare da haɓakar sufurin jiragen sama na kasa da kasa da kashi 40% daga Afrilu zuwa Disamba 2018. Tare da ƙaddamar da sababbin sabis na iska, kasuwa yana da sauri zuwa yi amfani da ƙarin ƙarfin aiki, yana haifar da buƙatar sufurin jiragen sama a cikin jirgi. Daga Oktoba zuwa karshen Disamba 2018, alkalumman jigilar kayayyaki na kasa da kasa sun karu da kashi 7,64%, biyo bayan gabatar da sabis na kai tsaye na British Airways zuwa Durban.