Al-Ain, Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa - Kamfanin jirgin saman Sama mai rahusa na Saudiyya yana shirin siyan jiragen sama 20 a cikin shekaru hudu masu zuwa daga ko dai Boeing ko Airbus, in ji babban jami'in kasuwancinsa a ranar Litinin.
Kevin Steele ya ce kamfanin mai zaman kansa, wanda a halin yanzu ke gudanar da jerin jiragen Boeing 737-800 guda bakwai, zai yanke shawara a karshen shekara.
"Muna duban kammalawa… jirage 20 a cikin shekaru hudu," Steele ya fadawa manema labarai a gefen taron.
Da aka tambaye shi ko wane jirage mai jigilar kaya zai iya siya, Steele ya ce zabin ya kasance tsakanin Airbus'A320 ko Boeing 737-800.
"Don tsira dole ne ku zama kamfanin jirgin sama 20 zuwa 25," in ji Steele. "Muna duban kuɗaɗen waje. Ana yin la'akari da dukkan zaɓuɓɓuka."
Sama, wanda ke tafiyar da gajerun jirage zuwa wurare 16 a cikin Saudi Arabiya da kuma wasu kasashe na kusa kamar Masar da Jordan, an kafa shi a cikin 2005 kuma ya fara tashi a 2007.
Manyan masu fafatawa a kasar ta Saudiyya sun hada da jirgin Nas mai rahusa da kamfanin jiragen saman Saudi Arabia na kasa amma kuma yana gogayya da Air Arabia.
Steele ya ce kamfanin jirgin ya samu raguwar zirga-zirga da kashi 10 cikin 3,500 a watan Agusta da Satumba saboda fargabar yaduwar cutar murar aladu. Ya zuwa yanzu, sama da mutane 1 aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar ta H1N26 a Saudiyya, kamar yadda kafafen yada labarai na kasar suka bayyana. Wasu mutane XNUMX sun mutu.
"Matsalar da muka fuskanta ita ce ta murar aladu wadda ta shafi zirga-zirgar zirga-zirga zuwa Jeddah," in ji shi.
Saudi Arabiya ta bukaci musulmin da ka iya kamuwa da cutar - kamar tsofaffi da wadanda ke da matsalolin lafiya - da su jinkirta yin aikin hajji a Makka a wannan shekara don guje wa yaduwar.
