Michael Shirima, Tanzania Aviation Pioneer, Passed Away

Banja lake lidatsimikiza za imfa yake ndipo adati katswiri wotsogola pamakampani oyendetsa ndege ku Tanzania wamwalira ndipo ayikidwa mu mpumulo wamuyaya sabata ino kunyumba kwawo ku Kilimanjaro kumpoto kwa Tanzania.

Banja lidafotokoza Bambo Shirima monga “chisonkhezero ndi mtsogoleri wa ambiri,” kulonjeza “kusamalira moyo wake kosatha.”

Bambo Shirima anali a Tanzania wamalonda, wazamalonda, ndi wothandiza anthu. Iye anali Woyambitsa komanso Wapampando wa Precision Air, ndege yokhayo yachinsinsi ku Tanzania.

Mtsogoleri wa dziko la Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, adatumiza uthenga wachisoni ndipo adalongosola a Shirima ngati munthu wofunikira kwambiri pazamalonda a ndege ku Tanzania ndi ntchito zina za chikhalidwe cha anthu.

Oyang'anira a Precision Air Services adatsimikiza za imfa ya wapampando wake kudzera m'zidziwitso za anthu Loweruka masana.

Bambo Shirima anayambitsa Precision Air mu 1993, ndi ndege iwiri ya injini zokhala ndi anthu asanu, Piper Aztec.

Precision Air idaphatikizidwa ku Tanzania mu Januwale 1991 ngati ndege yapayekha ndipo idayamba kugwira ntchito mu 1993. Poyamba, idagwira ntchito ngati kampani yapayekha yobwereketsa ndege, koma mu Novembala 1993, idasintha kuti ipereke maulendo oyendetsa ndege omwe adakonzedwa kuti akatumikire msika womwe ukukula wa alendo ku Tanzania. Ndegeyo idatambasula mapiko ake kumatauni ambiri ku Tanzania ndi madera ena ku East Africa kuphatikiza Nairobi, likulu la Kenya. 

Precision Air ikugwira ntchito ngati ndege yoyamba komanso yampikisano ku Tanzania, Precision Air idakwanitsa kulamulira mlengalenga waku Tanzania mpaka pano, kupikisana ndi ndege zazikulu komanso zaboma pamlengalenga waku East Africa.

Precision Air idayamba ntchito zake zandege mumzinda wa Arusha popereka ndege zobwereketsa alendo omwe amabwera kumalo osungira nyama zakuthengo akumpoto kuphatikiza Serengeti National Park ndi Ngorongoro Conservation Area ndi ntchito zina za charter ku Zanzibar.

Mu 2006, Precision Air idakhala ndege yoyamba yaku Tanzania kupitilira IATA Operational Safety Audit.

Kukula kwamakasitomala kudapangitsa kuti kampaniyo ipeze ndege zambiri kenako idayambitsa maulendo apandege kudutsa Tanzania, kenako Nairobi. Mu 2003, Kenya Airways idapeza magawo 49% mu Precision Air pa ndalama zokwana US$2 miliyoni.

Malemu Bambo Shirima analankhula ndi eTN pa June 15, 2012, kenaka anapereka nkhani yowunikira za kayendedwe ka ndege ndi ndege ku Africa ndi zovuta zomwe mlengalenga wa Africa ikukumana nawo. Iye adauza eTN kuti Precision Air idatsogozedwa ndi kampani yopanga fumbi yomwe idakhazikitsidwa chakumapeto kwa 1986 ndipo pomwe chilala chidachitika ku Tanzania koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 ndikupangitsa fumbi la mbewu popanda ntchito yokwanira, lingaliro lokhazikitsa kampani yobwereketsa lidakwaniritsidwa. Chifukwa chake, adapanga mapangidwe a ndege ya Precision Air.

"Izi zidandithandizira ndalama kuchokera kubizinesi yogulitsa khofi yomwe ndidakhala ndikuchita kuyambira koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 ndikuchita mgwirizano ndi Tanzania Venture Capital Fund yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kumene pa 66% ndi 33% motsatana. Ndalamayi idagulidwa ndi Kenya Airways mu 2003," adauza eTN.

"Ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi zimachita mgwirizano, mgwirizano, kugula, ndi mgwirizano. Iwo amene amaima paokha kulibenso, ndipo pamene aima, ali ofooka. Ndinkafuna kuti Precision Air ipitirize kukhalapo komanso kukhala wosewera wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi, "adatero.