Ethiopian Airlines yalengeza lero kuti yagwirizana ndi boma la Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) kukhazikitsa ndege yatsopano, pomwe boma la DRC lili ndi gawo lalikulu la 51%. Anthu a ku Ethiopia ali ndi gawo la 49% ndikuyang'anira ntchito za ndege yatsopano yonyamula mpweya.
Wonyamula watsopano, Air Congo, wayamba ntchito zake ku Democratic Republic of the Congo ndege ziwiri za Boeing 737-800, zomwe zimathandizira ma eyapoti asanu ndi awiri apanyumba. Ndegeyo imayenda tsiku lililonse kuchokera ku Kinshasa kupita ku Lubumbashi, Goma, Kisangani, ndi Mbuji-Mayi, pomwe imaperekanso maulendo angapo mlungu uliwonse kupita ku Kalemie ndi Kolwezi.
Malinga ndi a Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Wachiwiri kwa Prime Minister of Transportation ku Democratic Republic of the Congo, Air Congo yomwe yangokhazikitsidwa kumene sikungoyimira kukhazikitsidwa kwa ndege yatsopano, komanso kutsitsimutsa makampani oyendetsa ndege ku Congo.
Undunawu adawonjezeranso kuti mkati mwa chaka chimodzi, zombo za Air Congo zidzakula ndikuphatikiza ma Boeing 737-800 asanu ndi limodzi. Kuphatikiza apo, kumayambiriro kwa chaka chachiwiri, wonyamulayo akufuna kupeza ma 737-800 owonjezera pamodzi ndi ndege ya Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Mesfin Tasew, CEO wa Ethiopian Airlines Group anati: "Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Air Congo kukuyimira kupita patsogolo kofunikira pa cholinga chathu chogwirizana ndi maboma aku Africa ndikuwongolera maulendo apandege m'dziko lonselo."
Mgwirizanowu wapangidwa kuti upititse patsogolo kulumikizana pakati pa DRC ndi Central Africa, potero kulimbikitsa ndalama, malonda, ndi zokopa alendo, zomwe pamapeto pake zithandizira chitukuko cha chikhalidwe cha anthu, adawonjezera.
Zomwe zachitika posachedwa zikugwirizana ndi njira ya Ethiopian Airlines' Vision 2035, yomwe ikufuna kupanga malo angapo mu Africa, potero kupititsa patsogolo mgwirizano ndi ASKY Airlines, Malawi Airlines, ndi Zambia Airways.
Pakadali pano Prime Minister waku Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed posachedwapa adawulula pempho lomanga bwalo la ndege lalikulu kwambiri ku Africa ku Addis Ababa, lomwe litha kuthandiza anthu pafupifupi 130 miliyoni chaka chilichonse. Kuphatikiza apo, adawulula kuti Ethiopian Airlines yayitanitsa ndege zatsopano 124 monga gawo la ntchito yake yosinthira zombo zake zamakono.