Kamfanin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na Ethiopian Airlines ya sanar a yau cewa, ya hada gwiwa da gwamnatin Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kongo (DRC) don kaddamar da wani sabon kamfanin jiragen sama, inda gwamnatin DRC ke da kaso 51% na hannun jari, yayin da yake rike da hannun jari mafi rinjaye. Habasha Airlines yana rike da kashi 49% kuma yana kula da ayyukan sabon jirgin sama.
Sabon jirgin, Air Congo, ya fara aiki a Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kongo, jiragen Boeing 737-800 guda biyu, suna ba da sabis ga filayen saukar jiragen sama na cikin gida guda bakwai. Kamfanin na zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na yau da kullun daga Kinshasa zuwa Lubumbashi, Goma, Kisangani, da Mbuji-Mayi, yayin da kuma yana ba da jirage da yawa na mako-mako zuwa Kalemie da Kolwezi.
A cewar Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, mataimakin firaministan sufurin jiragen sama na Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Congo, sabuwar kafa ta Air Congo ba wai kawai kafa wani sabon kamfanin jiragen sama ba ne, har ma da farfado da masana'antar sufurin jiragen sama na Kongo.
Ministan ya kara da cewa, a cikin shekara guda, jiragen saman na Air Congo za su fadada zuwa hada jiragen Boeing 737-800 guda shida. Bugu da ƙari kuma, a farkon shekara ta biyu, mai ɗaukar kaya yana da niyyar samun ƙarin 737-800s guda biyu tare da Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet.
Mesfin Tasew, Shugaba na Kamfanin Jiragen Saman Habasha ya ce: "Kafa Air Kongo yana wakiltar ci gaba mai mahimmanci a cikin dabarunmu na haɗin gwiwa tare da gwamnatocin Afirka da inganta zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a duk Nahiyar."
Ya kara da cewa, an tsara kawancen ne don inganta cudanya tsakanin DRC da Afirka ta Tsakiya, ta yadda za a inganta zuba jari, kasuwanci, da yawon bude ido, wanda a karshe zai taimaka wajen ci gaban zamantakewa da tattalin arzikin yankin.
Sabon ci gaban da aka samu ya yi daidai da dabarun 2035 na Jirgin Habasha, wanda ke neman ƙirƙirar cibiyoyi da yawa a duk faɗin Afirka, ta yadda za a haɓaka haɗin gwiwa tare da ASKY Airlines, Malawi Airlines, da Zambia Airways.
A halin da ake ciki a kwanakin baya ne firaministan kasar Habasha Abiy Ahmed ya gabatar da kudirin gina filin tashi da saukar jiragen sama mafi girma a Afirka a birnin Addis Ababa, wanda zai iya daukar fasinjoji kusan miliyan 130 a duk shekara. Bugu da kari, ya bayyana cewa kamfanin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na Habasha ya ba da odar samar da sabbin jiragen sama 124 a wani bangare na shirin sabunta jiragensa.