Kenyan’s national carrier, Kenya airways said on Thursday it registered a 15.4 per cent increase in passenger numbers for its third quarter with 956,742 passengers using the airline compared to the same period last year. The airline said in a statement released in Nairobi that its capacity in the domestic front and to Europe registered [...]
Ethiopian Airlines has sold its five Fokker 50 regional turboprops to Fortran Aviation Limited, and is negotiating with Bombardier to replace them with five new Q400 turboprops. Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Oficer Tewolde Gebremariam said the aircraft were sold so that the airline could buy new aircraft. He added that the aircraft were transferred at [...]
Ethiopian Airlines has awarded a new maintenance hangar construction project worth 100 million dollars to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) after a competitive bid, according to Capital. “The maintenance hangar has been awarded to AVIC and we are talking about the financing of the project. We will finance it through loan arrangements with [...]
Nine African airlines are to jointly source for jet fuel as a way of reducing costs in an unpredictable international oil market. The nine, all members of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), have already concluded evaluating tender bids from fuel companies. “We expect that there will be reasonable savings from the project,” Kenya Airways finance [...]
Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, accepted the bid submitted by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China to construct a 100 million dollar maintenance hanger. The AVIC and Ethiopian Airlines are discussing financing for the project said Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive of Ethiopian Airlines. It is expected that the construction project for the maintenance hanger will [...]
Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, announced a 20% pay raise for all employees effective as of the first month of 2012. The board of directors of Ethiopian approved the salary increment according to the Public Relations Department of the airline. The 20 percent raise was granted by the board and management of Ethiopian Airlines to [...]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian Airlines is undertaking a study to open four new routes to Asian countries: South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and more destinations in China. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told The Reporter that the national flag carrier wants to strengthen its Asian market by opening new routes to the stated countries. [...]
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 [...]
The Ethiopian Airlines started today operating its first direct flight to Muscat International Airport. The Ethiopian Airlines will operate three weekly Boeing 737 flights. Wahad bin Saud al Harthy, Director of Marketing at Oman Airports Management Company said that the flights between Muscat and Addis Abeba will be on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday weekly. He [...]
Ethiopian Airline has come a long way since commencing operations in 1945 with a weekly service between Addis Ababa and Cairo. Early on the airline recognized that a successful future depended on first developing a far-reaching pan-African route network. With this aim now largely fulfilled, the airline’s focus is shifting. New destinations and increased numbers [...]