Posts Tagged ‘Ethiopian airlines’

Ethiopian Airlines to Start Evening Flights to Bahirdar

May 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopian airlines, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, has announced that it is to launch upgraded evening flights between Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar as of the 15th of May. The airline will deploy its Boeing 737-700/800 on the route. Ethiopian is dedicated to supporting the increasing demands from the tourism sector as well as business travel according to the press release. The airline... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth

May 15 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopian airlines, News Tags: , , , , , , , ,

IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location and the ever-increasing interest in Africa from emerging-market giants such as China, India and Brazil. Ethiopian will be the first African carrier to bring the new-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner into service in August. The Dreamliner will be used... Read more

Etihad Airways To Launch Flights To Ethiopia

May 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

Etihad Airways will add the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to its rapidly growing network in November 2012. The airline will also start flying to the Indian city of Ahmedabad in the same month. The two new cities will expand the airline’s reach to 86 passenger and cargo destinations around the world. The new routes will each be served by an Airbus A320... Read more

8 Ethiopian Pilots Complete Training for Boeing 787 Dreamliner

April 26 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines, the first African airline to operate the 787, has trained eight pilots on the 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing Flight Services campus located at Gatwick, London. Additional batches of trainees are conducting 787 training in the same facility. Boeing has been granted approval by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide flight training for pilots... Read more

Ethiopia: Bole One of First Airports in Africa With the ICAO Certificate

April 10 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) got the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) certification for Bole International Airport two weeks ago. This makes the airport one of the few in Africa to have the ICAO certificate. Up until 2008 no airport in Africa had it. By 2011 Nigeria reported to have two of its four major airports ready to apply for the certification.... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines coping with increasing fuel price

March 27 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Airlines said that it was forced to design and implement a new cost saving strategy as the price of fuel is drastically increasing at the global level affecting the aviation industry. Public Relations and Publications Manager Wegayehu Terefe told The Ethiopian Herald that as the continuous and uncontrolled increase in the price of oil has posed... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines Still Wants to Build Four-Star Hotel on Bole Road

March 21 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines is seeking international companies to build a four-star hotel in two and half years, on a plot near Bole International Airport, a plan its management has been tinkering with for years now. Estimated to have cost 300 million Br two years ago, the national carrier wants to see a hotel of international standard is built... Read more

Bombardier Confirm Ethiopian Airlines to Buy Five Q400 NextGen Airliner Planes

February 16 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Bombardier Aerospace confirmed today that Ethiopian Airlines is the customer that placed the firm order for five Q400 NextGen airliners announced on February 13, 2012. Two of the five aircraft will be operated by Ethiopian Airlines and three by its affiliate, ASKY Airlines of Togo. Ethiopian Airlines, the flag carrier of Ethiopia and one of Africa’s leading airlines, serves 64 international... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines wins Gold in African Airline of the Year Award

February 14 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian airlines, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, won the Gold Award in the African Airline of the Year 2011/12 Award organized by the African Aviation News Portal. The team at Ethiopian Airlines is pleased by the vote of confidence establishing its services as the leading airline on the African continent said Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive Officer of the airline, in response to the... Read more

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 in cooperation with Ethiopian... Read more

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