I-Ethiopian Airlines ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba ibambisene norhulumente waseDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ukusungula inqwelomoya entsha, urhulumente wase-DRC ebambe i-51% yesininzi sezabelo, ngelixa. Airlines yaseTopiya ubambe i-49% yesabelo kunye nokongamela imisebenzi yomqhubi womoya omtsha.
Umthuthi omtsha, i-Air Congo, iqalile ukusebenza kwi-Democratic Republic of the Congo iinqwelomoya ezimbini ze-Boeing 737-800, ezibonelela ngeenkonzo kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezisixhenxe zasekhaya. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya isebenza ngeenqwelomoya mihla le ukusuka eKinshasa ukuya eLubumbashi, eGoma, eKisangani, naseMbuji-Mayi, ngelixa ikwanikezela ngeenqwelomoya ezininzi ngeveki ukuya eKalemie naseKolwezi.
Ngokutsho kukaJean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, uSekela-Nkulumbuso wezoThutho kwi-Democratic Republic of the Congo, i-Air Congo esanda kusekwa ayimeli nje ukuqaliswa kwenqwelomoya entsha, kodwa kunye nokuvuselela ishishini leenqwelomoya zaseCongo.
Umphathiswa wongezelela ukuba kungakapheli unyaka, iinqanawa ze-Air Congo ziya kwanda ukuze zibandakanye ii-Boeing 737-800 ezintandathu. Ngapha koko, ekuqaleni konyaka wesibini, umphathiswa ujonge ukufumana ezimbini ezongezelelweyo ezingama-737-800 kunye ne-Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet.
UMesfin Tasew, i-CEO ye-Ethiopian Airlines Group uthe: “Ukusekwa kwe-Air Congo kubonisa ukuqhubela phambili kwinjongo yethu yesicwangciso sokusebenzisana noorhulumente base-Afrika kunye nokuphucula ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kwilizwekazi liphela.”
Ubuhlakani buyilelwe ukomeleza unxibelelwano phakathi kwe-DRC kunye noMbindi Afrika, ngokwenjenjalo kukhuthazwa utyalo-mali, urhwebo, kunye nokhenketho, oluya kuthi ekugqibeleni luxhase uphuhliso lwezentlalo noqoqosho lwengingqi, wongeze watsho.
Uphuhliso lwamva nje lungqamene neqhinga le-Ethiopian Airlines' Vision 2035, elijonge ukuyila iindawo ezininzi e-Afrika yonke, ngokwenjenjalo kunyuswa intsebenziswano yangoku ne-ASKY Airlines, iMalawi Airlines, kunye neZambia Airways.
Ngeli xesha, iNkulumbuso yase-Ethiopia u-Abiy Ahmed usandul' ukuveza isiphakamiso sokwakhiwa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhulu sase-Afrika e-Addis Ababa, esinamandla okukhonza abakhweli abamalunga ne-130 yezigidi ngonyaka. Ukongeza, udize ukuba i-Ethiopian Airlines ibeke iodolo yeenqwelomoya ezintsha ezili-124 njengenxalenye yenyathelo layo lokuphucula iinqwelo-moya zayo.