GENEVA, Switzerland - Ma ʻApelika ʻoi aku ma mua o 6 miliona mau hana a me $ 67.8 biliona ma GDP i kākoʻo ʻia e ka mokulele, e like me kahi hōʻike hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia lā ma ka Aviation and Environment Summit ma Geneva. ʻO ka hōʻike, Aviation: nā pōmaikaʻi ma waho o nā palena, i hana ʻia e ka Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) a me Oxford Economics. Hōʻike ia i kahi ʻoihana e pāʻani nui ana i ka ʻoihana ʻApelika a me ka honua ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.

"Ma ʻApelika wale nō ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka mokulele ma luna o 250,000 poʻe," wahi a Paul Steele, Luna Hoʻokele o ATAG, ka hui honua e hōʻike ana i ka halihali ea. "Inā mākou e hoʻokomo i ka hana kūʻokoʻa ma nā mea hoʻolako i ka ʻoihana, hoʻoulu ʻia ka hana mai ka hoʻolimalima ʻana e nā limahana ʻoihana mokulele a me nā hana i ka mākaʻikaʻi e hiki ai i ka mokulele mokulele, hoʻonui kēia i ka helu kūloko i 6.7 miliona mau hana. Eia kekahi, loaʻa i nā ʻoihana ʻApelika nā pōmaikaʻi nui mai ka hoʻolilo ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi e hele ana ma ka lewa.

“ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pono waiwai o ka mokulele ma mua o nā ʻano kālā i hōʻike ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. Ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe i nā pōmaikaʻi hou aʻe i loaʻa ma o ka wikiwiki a me ka hilinaʻi o ka huakaʻi ea, ʻo nā ʻoihana e kū nei no ka mea e hiki ai i ka ukana ea ke hiki a me ka waiwai nui i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka hoʻohui ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai," Steele hoʻohui.

No ʻApelika, hōʻike nā wānana e manaʻo ʻia e aneane ʻekolu ka nui o nā mea kaʻa mai 67.7 miliona ma 2010 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 150.3 miliona ma 2030. I kēia manawa, manaʻo ʻia e piʻi ka nui o nā ukana ma kahi o 5.2% o ka makahiki. "Hiki i ka ʻāina o ʻApelika ke hoʻohana pono i nā pono e hāʻawi ʻia e ka mokulele i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. I kēia manawa, ua kākoʻo ʻia ma luna o 1.5 miliona mau mea ola ma ʻApelika ma o ke kālepa ʻana i nā huahana hou i UK wale nō. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi wahi ʻē aʻe no ka ulu ʻana, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai.

Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka hōʻike i ke kuleana o ka mokulele ma ka pae honua, e kākoʻo ana i 56.6 miliona mau hana ma ka honua a me $2.2 trillion o ka GDP o ka honua. Aia ma kahi o 1,500 mau mokulele kalepa e hoʻohana ana ma kahi o 24,000 mokulele e lawelawe i 3,800 mau mokulele a puni ka honua.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Dr. Elijah Chingosho, Kakauolelo Nui o ka ʻAhahui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (AFRAA): "ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana kaʻa mokulele a mākou e ʻike nei ma ʻaneʻi ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻihoʻi i nā hoʻihoʻi waiwai nui, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana kālepa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. He ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika kahi i ʻilihune loa ka ʻoihana lawe moku. Hāʻawi ʻo Aviation i nā pōmaikaʻi i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka pilikanaka, ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka politika o nā ʻāina, nā ʻāina a me ka ʻāina nui. ʻOiai e kōkua ana kēia hōʻike i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o ka mokulele ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika, ʻike pū ia i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka mokulele i ka ulu mau ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi e pili ana i ke kaulike ʻana i ka pōmaikaʻi waiwai me ke kuleana pilikanaka a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni.

ʻO ka pilikia nui o ka palekana o ka mokulele e kamaʻilio ʻia e ka ʻoihana a me ka hui kūikawā o United Nations no ka mokulele, ka International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Ke hana nei nā mea pāʻani a pau e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka moʻolelo palekana o nā wahi ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele palekana ma waena o ka ʻāina.

Wahi a Ali Tounsi, Kakauolelo Nui o Airports Council International Africa: “Ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu i loko o ka hōʻike inā e hoʻokō ʻia ka ulu ʻana o ʻApelika, ʻoi aku ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me nā hana hou aʻe. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai e hiki i kā mākou mau mokulele ke hoʻokō i kēia ulu ʻana i manaʻo ʻia, ʻo ka hemahema o nā mākau i mea e pilikia ai ka wā pōkole - he mau hana kā mākou, akā pono nā poʻe i hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi e lawe iā lākou.

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When you take into account the further benefits gained through the speed and reliability of air travel, the businesses that exist because air freight makes them possible and the intrinsic value to the economy of improved connectivity, the economic impact would be several times larger,” Steele adds.
Whilst this report will help promote the very important role aviation has on the African continent, it also recognises the contribution aviation makes to long-term sustainable growth aimed at balancing economic prosperity with social responsibility and a reduction of environmental impact.
“If we include indirect employment at suppliers to the industry, induced employment from spending by aviation industry employees and the jobs in tourism that air transport makes possible, this increases the regional figure to 6.