Posts Tagged ‘Ethiopian airlines’

Former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake to Advise Rwandan Government

January 29 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, People, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Addis Ababa, -The Rwandese government has appointed former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Girma Wake, as advisor to the Rwandese Ministry of Transport on aviation matters and also as board chairman of the RwandAir as of February 1. Girma told The Reporter that he accepted the appointments as he wants to serve an African airline that could work... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines Refutes ET 409 Crash Report by Lebanon

January 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Addis Ababa:  Ethiopian Airlines strongly refutes the final investigation report released today by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transport on the accident of ET 409 / 25 January 2010. The Airline maintained that the Lebanese Government had been speculating the cause of the accident as pilot error right from the day of the accident contrary... Read more

Lebanon Blamed Pilot for Plane Crash. Ethiopia Airlines Rejects Lebanon Report (VIDEO)

January 18 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized, Video Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian CEO confirm plane blowup before crash Ethiopian Airlines officials have bluntly rejected the findings of a Lebanese investigation into an air crash off Lebanon in January 2010. The Lebanese report blames pilot error for the crash of flight ET409, in which 90 people died, sources say. But Ethiopian Airlines officials say the plane exploded, which they say points... Read more

Ethiopia Can Get $7.6 Billion by Selling Ethiopian Airlines and 4 More Companies

January 12 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

(Bloomberg)  Ethiopia’s government would raise 132 billion birr ($7.6 billion) if it sold the country’s five biggest state-owned companies to private investors, Access Capital SC said. The sale of Ethiopian Airlines Enterprises, sub-Saharan Africa’s second-biggest carrier, Ethiopian Shipping Lines, Ethio Telecom, the Ethiopian Insurance Corp. and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia would generate funds needed to finance infrastructure... Read more

Report: Reason for Ethiopian Airlines Crash was a Bomb. Jordanian Mossad Man Involved in Plane ‘Blast’

January 6 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Accident, Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Authorities in Mauritania have exposed a major Israeli spy network comprising a member involved in the “bombing” of the Ethiopian plane which crashed into Lebanon’s territorial waters on January 25, 2010, a Mauritanian website has reported. An Arab businessman heads the alleged Mossad network, elhourriya.net said. A preliminary report on the Ethiopian plane which crashed off the Lebanese... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines Orders 767-300ER Blended Winglets

January 6 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

SEATTLE, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) today announced Ethiopian Airlines has ordered Blended Winglets for its 767-300ERs.  Ethiopian Airlines will install the winglets in Addis Ababa at their maintenance facility at Bole International Airport. Initial installations, on 3 aircraft, are planned to commence in February 2012. “Ethiopian Airlines has made the choice of... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines Sold Five Fokker 50 Aircrafts

January 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, sold five Fokker 50 aircraft to Fortran Aviation Limited a Singaporean company. The Fokker 50 aircraft were sold in the continued efforts to modernize the airlines said Tewolde Gebremariam Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines. The Fokker 50s will be operated by a new airline, Pacific Royale, explained Tewolde. The first Fokker was... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines MRO unit receives EASA Approval

January 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted EASA Part 145 Approval to Ethiopian Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), the Maintenance Division of Ethiopian Airlines. The Approval Certificate was issued on November 21, 2011. This Approval authorizes Ethiopian MRO Division to repair airplanes and aircraft components of airlines registered under any European Union member country, and issue... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines Starts New Services to Muscat, Oman

December 30 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Increasing its presence in the Middle East, Ethiopian will commence new nonstop flights from Addis Ababa to Muscat, the capital of Oman, on 27 December 2011. According to a press release sent to ethiopiaforums, Oman, located in the South Eastern Coast of the Arabian Peninsula, is a unique tourist destination in the Middle East, with a wide... Read more

Airbus Promoting Medium Range A330 to Ethiopian Airlines

December 20 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

A team from Airbus led by Mr. Francois Cognard, Vice President for sales, Middle East and North Africa, said to be promoting the Airbus A330 aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, according to sources. Aircraft manufacturers hold discussions with carriers as a matter of course said Cognard declining to comment on any ongoing negotiations... Read more

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