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Boeing 787 Dreamliner returns to service in Ethiopia flight
This is the first Dreamliner passenger flight since January (Photo: BBC.co.uk)
An Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner has flown from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, the first commercial flight by the Boeing aircraft since all 787s were grounded in January.
The 50 planes around the world were grounded due to battery malfunctions that saw one 787 catch fire in the US.
Over the past week teams of Boeing engineers...
Time for Africa?
Tony Tyler (left), CEO of International Air Transport Association (IATA), Tewolde Gebremariam (centre), CEO of Ethiopian Airlines and Getachew Mengistu (right), state minister for Transport (Photo: AddisFortune.com)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - It was with Latin star, Shakira’s pop tune, ‘It’s time for Africa’ that Tewolde Gebremariam (centre), CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, chose to preface his glowing...
Boeing’s engineers in Addis to fix Dreamliners
- Ethiopian to seek compensation
Boeing’s senior engineers arrived in Addis Ababa on Monday to upgrade Ethiopian Airline’s Dreamliner aircraft.
Following the fire accidents on board Dreamliner aircraft the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered all carriers operating the Dreamliner fleet to ground their B787 aircraft in mid-January. Boeing’s engineers presumed that the fire accidents...
IATA Africa Aviation Day Marked in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Airlines
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (WIC) - IATA Africa Aviation Association is marked in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia focusing to drive the benefit of Aviation across the continent on 16 March, 2013. African Airlines Association celebrates the day in cooperation with International Air Transport Association.
The Day talks about African aviation safety strategies, financing aviation infrastructure,...
Ethiopian Airlines consolidates presence in southern Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines is strengthening its presence in southern Africa by opening two additional routes to Ndola, Zambia, and Blantyre, Malawi, as of tomorrow.
In a statement sent to The Reporter on Thursday Ethiopian said that it would commence trice-weekly flights to Ndola, Zambia, effective March 31, 2013.
Ndola, the third largest city in Zambia, is the industrial and...
Efforts underway to modernize air traffic control service
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (WIC) - The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority said it is striving towards modernizing air traffic control services.
Speaking at the graduation of the second round trainees in combined surveillance air traffic control on Sunday, Authority Director-General, Colonel Wossenyeleh Hunegnaw said the government has given prime attention to make the aviation industry safe, reliable and...
Private airlines discuss ‘unfair protection’
Abyssinian Flight Services (Photo: Capt. Solomon Gizaw)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Owners and managers of private airlines operating in Ethiopia on Thursday criticized the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) for protecting Ethiopian Airlines. At a consultative meeting with stakeholders organised by the ECAA representatives of private airlines said the Ethiopian Civil Aviation is giving unfair...
Ethiopian to Provide Lifeline for Air Malawi
National carrier implements strategy to form a Southern African hub.
Ethiopian Airlines is moving closer to acquiring a 49pc share in the state-owned Air Malawi Ltd., after the Private Public Partnership (PPP) commission of Malawi declared it the “preferred bidder”to be a strategic equity partner in the soon-to-be restructured Malawi Airlines.
The tender for a strategic equity partner was floated...
USA’s best and worst airports
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Atlanta’s Hartfield-Jackson Airport may be the world’s busiest airport but it is also America’s best, a recent survey by Travel Leaders Group has revealed.
According to the study, the Georgian hub ranked among the top three airports in most categories polled, including best US airport for connecting flights, and best airport for business travel.
Polling...
Ethiopian Airlines registering over 25 percent annual growth: CEO
Tewolde Gebremariam
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( ENA) – The Ethiopian Airlines said it has been registering an over 25 percent annual growth on average in revenue, passenger and cargo transport. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Ethiopian CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam said in 2004 EC, the Airline had secured one billion Birr revenue.
According to him, Ethiopian made 732 million Birr profit during the...
