TOKYO – Wani gagarumin aiki na kera jirgin saman fasinja na farko a Japan ya samu gagarumin ci gaba a yau Juma’a, inda ya saukar da odar jirgin sama 100 wanda ya kai dala biliyan hudu daga wani kamfanin jirgin saman yankin Amurka.
Ana sa ran jirgin na Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) mai samun goyon bayan gwamnati zai hau sararin samaniya a cikin 2014, wanda ke dauke da fatan Japan na bunkasa cikkaken masana'antar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama da ita.
Kamfanin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, kamfanin da ke haɓaka jirgin saman kujerun 70-90, ya sanar da cewa ya sanya hannu kan wasiƙar niyya tare da kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki na Amurka don oda 50 da kuma adadin zaɓuɓɓuka iri ɗaya.
Mitsubishi ya ki ya ce adadin kudin sabuwar yarjejeniyar, amma farashin kasida na kowane jet ya kai dala miliyan 40.
Wannan dai shi ne oda na biyu ga MRJ, wanda ke da nufin biyan buƙatun jiragen sama masu amfani da mai.
Aikin ya tashi ne a hukumance a shekarar 2008 bayan kaddamar da abokin ciniki na All Nippon Airways ya amince ya sayi jiragen sama 25, wadanda aka shirya kawo na farko a farkon shekarar 2014.
Amma cikin sauri ya tashi cikin tashin hankali yayin da koma bayan tattalin arzikin duniya ya haifar da koma baya a masana'antar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama wanda ya tilasta wa masu jigilar kayayyaki da yawa, ciki har da Jirgin sama na Japan, datse ayyuka da hanyoyin da za su ci gaba da tashi.
"Wannan lokacin alfahari ne a gare mu," in ji Hideo Egawa, shugaban sashen jirage na Mitsubishi.
"Duniya tana da kyakkyawan fata ga MRJ. Wannan gaskiya ne musamman a Amurka, ”inda kamfanonin jiragen sama ke aiki da jiragen sama har kujeru 90 akan hanyoyi da yawa, in ji Egawa.
Aikin jet na Mitsubishi, wanda ke samun tallafin kuɗi daga Toyota Motor, yana fafatawa da ƙananan jiragen da Bombardier na Kanada da Embraer na Brazil suka kera, da kuma jiragen da kamfanonin Rasha da China suka kera.
"Yanke shawarar wannan girman a cikin wannan yanayin tattalin arziki yana da wahala," in ji Richard Leach, shugaban Trans States Holdings.
“Amma idan wadannan jiragen suka shigo kasuwa a daidai lokacin da ake bukatar bukatar a Amurka don maye gurbin jiragen.
"Muna so mu kasance a gaban layin kafin a fara nuna damuwa game da son wannan fasaha."
Ƙungiyar, wadda ke da tushe a Missouri, tana tafiyar da kamfanin jiragen sama na Trans States Airlines da GoJet Airlines, kuma tana gudanar da ayyukan ciyar da sufurin jiragen sama na United Airlines da US Airways. Ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga abokin ciniki ga Mitsubishi tun shekaru biyar da suka gabata.
Jirgin na ceto kashi 20 zuwa 30 na man fetur a cikin sa'a guda idan aka kwatanta da sauran jiragen sama na nau'in, in ji jami'an Mitsubishi.
Farashin mai yana da "mahimmanci sosai", in ji Trans States' Leach.
Jet ɗin ya haɗa da injin turbofan ɗin da Pratt Whitney ya ƙera, sabuwar fasaha ce da ake ɗaukarsa a matsayin sifar mai saboda tsarin da ke baiwa magoya bayan injin damar yin aiki da sauri daban da injin turbine.
Ana kuma amfani da injin a cikin jirgin Bombardier na Kanada.
MRJ zai kasance jirgin fasinja na farko na kasuwanci a cikin shekaru arba'in - kuma jirgin saman jet na farko - da za a kera a Japan.
A baya dai kasar Japan ta kera wani jirgin turboprop samfurin YS-11, wanda shi ne jirgin saman Japan daya tilo da aka gina tun bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Ya yi tashinsa na farko a cikin 1962 amma yana da iyakataccen nasara tare da kawo ƙarshen samarwa a cikin 1974.
Kamfanin yana shirin kera jirgin a masana'antar iyaye Mitsubishi Heavy da ke tsakiyar yankin Nagoya, wanda zai fara daga jirage 24 a kowace shekara a farkon matakan, kuma ya kara adadin zuwa 72.
Mitsubishi, wanda kamfanin kera jiragen sama na Amurka Boeing ya ba da shawara, ya ce a farkon wannan watan ya jinkirta isar da kayayyaki don sake fasalin zane ta hanyar kara yawan gidaje da sararin dakon kaya da kuma canza zuwa aluminum don fuka-fuki, daga carbon-fibre.
