Ethiopian Airlines Becomes the Largest African Carrier by Revenue and Profit, According To IATA

Ethiopian Airlines/IATA Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, wishes to extend its appreciation to its esteemed customers for their vote of confidence, which has enabled the airline to become for the first time in its 69 years history the largest African carrier with revenue topping 2.3 billion $ in 2013

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Ethiopian Airlines: Separation of Kinshasa and Brazzaville flights

BY PROF. DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT Ethiopian Airlines has now confirmed that they will separate the two destinations of Kinshasa / Congo DR and Brazzaville / Republic of Congo from the first of September. Presently the airline operates a B787-8 aircraft on the triangular route which leaves Addis and then flies via

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Ethiopian Airlines Wins Bombardier Airline Reliability Performance Award

EthiopianAirlines Ethiopian has won the 2014 Airline Reliability Performance Award from Bombardier Aerospace, the airline announced. The award was given to Ethiopian for achieving an average dispatch reliability rate of 99.4 percent, making it first in the overall Q-400 product category for the Middle East and Africa region. The award recognizes the skill and dedication

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Ethiopian Airlines Starts Services to Vienna, its ninth European Destination

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce the start of four weekly flights to Vienna, Austria starting 2 June 2014. Vienna is the political capital and the economic hub of Austria. The city is a major diplomatic centre and seat of United Nations agencies such

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Ethiopian Airlines to decide on $3 bln plane order by June end

Reuters Ethiopian Airlines will decide in June on whether to place an order for 30 narrow-body Airbus or Boeing jets as part of fleet its expansion plans, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday. “We will make a decision by the end of June,” Tewolde Gebremariam told Reuters on the sidelines of the annual meeting

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Ethiopian Airlines Co-Pilot Hailmedhin Abera Granted Resident Status

EMF The Switzerland government has granted asylum to the Ethiopian co-pilot who seized control of the Boeing 767-300 on 17 February 2014 and flew it to Geneva, according Ethiopian attorney who closely following the case. The Ethiopian government has pushed the Swiss government to extradite the Co-pilot Hailemedhin Aberaby labeling him as a “traitor”. The

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Star Alliance member Ethiopian Airlines to offer four daily services to Nairobi

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest-growing and most profitable African airline, is pleased to announce that it will offer four daily services to Nairobi with the latest B737-800 New Generation with Sky Interior, starting from June 1, 2014. Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, said: “We are very pleased to increase our flights to

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Ethiopian Airlines resume flight to Kano, Nigeria

Ethiopian Airlines Press Release Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday resumed its flight to the Nigeria’s commercial city of Kano 10 years after it suspended fights to the city because of bad weather. The resumed flight had touched down at the Kano International Airport to a warm reception from Kano businessmen and politicians led by the state’s

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Ethiopian Aviation Academy Voted as Airline Training Service Provider of the Year

Ethiopian Airlines Press Release Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that Ethiopian Aviation Academy has been voted the 2014 ”Airline Training Services Provider of the Year” by the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). The Award was presented to Ethiopian Aviation Academy Managing Director, Mr. Samuel Assefa, during

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Ethiopian Receives Boeing 787 Dreamliner named Walia Ibex

Ethiopian Airlines Press Release Will Take Delivery of 3 more B787s in 2014 Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable African airline, is pleased to announce that it took delivery of its 7th Boeing 787 Dreamliner on 20 May 2014. Ethiopian was the first in the world outside Japan to receive B787 in August 2012.

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