Habasha Airlines yana cikin matakin karshe na kulla yarjejeniyar dala biliyan 1.6 tare da kamfanin jirgin saman Turai Airbus don sayan 20 daga matsattsun jiragen A220.
A cewar wani rahoto, ya ambaci Babban Daraktan kamfanin jirgin Tewolde Gebre Mariam, kamfanin jirgin sama mallakar gwamnati na duba yiwuwar sayan dukkan jirage na jirgin Airbus.
Wannan ba shine karo na farko ba da babban jirgin sama na Afirka ke neman sayen kujeru 100 na Airbus A220s don jiragensa. Kamfanin jirgin yana tunanin jiragen saman Turai a bara, amma, daga ƙarshe ya yanke shawarar tafiya tare da manya Boeing 737 jirgin sama na iyali.
"Jirgi ne mai kyau - mun dade muna nazarin sa," an ambaci Tewolde yana cewa game da jirgin Airbus A220.
An tsara yarjejeniyar za ta kammala a ƙarshen shekara. Idan yarjejeniyar ta gudana, zai zama oda na farko na kamfanin tun bayan hatsarin jirgin Boeing 737 MAX a watan Maris.
A cewar Tewolde, kamfanin jirgin saman na Habasha ya fuskanci matsaloli wajen gudanar da babban jirgi kirar Boeing 737 MAX, domin kuwa sai ya tsaya a wani wuri na biyu da zai tashi daga Addis Ababa babban birnin Habasha zuwa biranen da suka hada da Windhoek da ke Namibia da kuma Botswana babban birnin kasar Gaborone domin shan mai. Airbus A220s mai aiki zai ba da izinin jigilar kai tsaye ba tare da ƙarin tashoshi ba.
Tun daga lokacin da aka dakatar da sayar da jiragen 737 MAX mafi kyau a Boeing bayan faduwar hadurra biyu a farkon wannan shekarar, ribar da Airbus ke samu ya karu matuka, yayin da Boeing ya fitar da asara mafi girma a kowane wata a watan Yuli, inda ya kirga jimlar kudin rikicin 737 MAX a sama da dala biliyan 8.
