Ethiopian Airlines yazivisa nhasi kuti yabatana nehurumende yeDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) kuparura ndege itsva, hurumende yeDRC iine zvikamu makumi mashanu nechimwe kubva muzana, ukuwo. Ethiopian Airlines inobata chikamu che49% uye inotarisira mashandiro emutakuri wemhepo mutsva.
Mutakuri mutsva, Air Congo, watanga mashandiro ayo muDemocratic Republic of the Congo ndege mbiri dzeBoeing 737-800, dzichipa masevhisi kunhandare nomwe dzepamba. Ndege inoshanda nendege zuva nezuva kubva kuKinshasa kuenda kuLubumbashi, Goma, Kisangani, neMbuji-Mayi, ichipawo ndege dzinoverengeka vhiki nevhiki kuenda kuKalemie neKolwezi.
Sekureva kwaJean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri wezvekutakurwa kweDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Air Congo ichangotangwa inomiririra kwete chete kutanga kwendege itsva, asiwo kumutsiridza indasitiri yendege yeCongo.
Gurukota akawedzera kuti mukati megore, zvikepe zveAir Congo zvichawedzera kusanganisa matanhatu Boeing 737-800. Uyezve, pakutanga kwegore rechipiri, mutakuri anotarisira kuwana maviri ekuwedzera 737-800s pamwe neBoeing 787 Dreamliner jet.
Mesfin Tasew, CEO weEthiopian Airlines Group akati: "Kugadzwa kweAir Congo kunomiririra kufambira mberi kwakakosha muchinangwa chedu chekudyidzana nehurumende dzeAfrica nekuvandudza mafambiro endege mukondinendi yese."
Kudyidzana uku kwakagadzirirwa kusimbisa kubatana mukati meDRC neCentral Africa, nekudaro kusimudzira mari, kutengeserana, uye kushanya, izvo zvinozotsigira budiriro yenharaunda nehupfumi, akawedzera.
Budiriro yemazuva ano inopindirana nehurongwa hweEthiopian Airlines 'Vision 2035, iyo inoda kuumba hubs akati wandei muAfrica, zvichisimudzira kudyidzana kwazvino neASKY Airlines, Malawi Airlines, neZambia Airways.
Zvichakadaro, Mutungamiriri weEthiopia, Abiy Ahmed, achangobva kuparura hurongwa hwekuvakwa kwenhandare yendege huru muAfrica muAddis Ababa, inokwanisa kushandira vanhu vanosvika miriyoni zana nemakumi matatu gore rega rega. Pamusoro pezvo, akaburitsa pachena kuti Ethiopian Airlines yaisa odha yendege itsva zana nemakumi maviri neina sechikamu chedanho rekuvandudza ngarava dzayo.
