YoungandStrong
Starting April 8, Ethiopian is delighted to celebrate 70 years of its dedicated and successful air transport services in Africa.
With its strong mission of bringing Africa together and closer to rest of the world, Ethiopian has expanded much-needed air connectivity within Africa and with the rest of the world in the last 70 years. Leading the way in the past and present, Ethiopian has been an aviation technology leader in Africa, introducing many new aircraft and systems to the continent. It will continue to do so in the future.
The result of such a long journey of dedicated service has now culminated in connecting 51 cities in Africa with the major trading centers of the world on five continents and 41 cities around the world.
Every single day, we are operating 240 flights with an efficiently designed network of connectivity through our main hub in Addis Ababa with 76 aircraft in service. Along with our Star Alliance part-ners, we cover the entire world.
The fast, profitable and sustainable growth we have registered in the last 10 years has made us the largest, most profitable and fastest-growing airline on our continent. We operate Africa’s largest cargo service, the largest and most advanced Aviation Academy, and the best maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services.
Group Chief Executive Officer Tewolde Gebremariam said, “Seventy years is a long time, but Ethiopian is still young, strong, forward-looking and ready to contribute its own share to an integrated, prosperous and peace-ful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena in line with the African Union’s Agenda 2063.”
“The billions of dollars we invested in our modern fleet, aviation infrastructure, human resource development and operating systems are a testimony that Ethiopian is positioned with a solid foundation to scale up growth in its Vision 2025. With the next-generation advanced fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Airbus A-350 and the B-737 MAX, we are very excited to continue to lead the 21st-century aviation development in the conti nent of Africa.
Ethiopian quickly established itself as an airline that greatly prioritizes passengers’ comforts. Its passengers have included Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila (left), who flew on the airline from Rome to Addis Ababa following his victory in an Olympic Marathon
In Ethiopian’s first three decades of service, the airline grew both its regional cargo and passenger networks while also greatly extending internationally by establishing overseas offices in cities such as Aden, Yemen, and flying to Beijing, China in 1973
Inside the cockpit of the airline’s third Boeing 720-B, at the end of its September 1965 delivery flight with an all-Ethiopian crew (left to right) of Captain Alemayehu Abebe, Captain Desta Haile (First Officer) and Second Officer Hapte Tesfamichael