Excitement as Ethiopian Airline welcomes First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Leading well managed national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has become the first on the continent to receive and operate the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The airline remains the most capitalized, largest and most profitable airline group in Africa. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner…
Ethiopian Airlines CEO clears the dusts, says yet to submit bid, talks on Airk
After weeks of silence, the Chief Executive Officer of Africa’s largest airline by revenue, Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde GebreMariam, weekend, revealed that both shareholders of Arik and a section of the Nigerian government may have misplaced the move it made even…
Arik shareholders’ ambush FG, Ethiopian Airlines with N20bn suit over ‘veiled’ takeover
For being left incommunicado upon several media reports flying around on alleged plan between the Federal Government and authorities at Ethiopian Airlines to bundle away their investments in the company, shareholders of Arik Air Limited has filed a N20 billion…
Confusion, official denial trail Ethiopian Airlines buy over of Arik Air
Contrary to the pronouncements of the Managing Director of International Services at Ethiopian Airlines, Esayas Wolde Mariam, on CNN last week Thursday that the company had submitted a formal offer to take over the carrier, the Ministry of Aviation said…
Ethiopian Airlines orders 59 more aircraft, posts $2.71bn unaudited revenue
Leading African airline, the Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s biggest carrier, has unveiled its medium term growth plan with projected annual revenue of $25 billion by 2025. Its 2016/2017 unaudited revenue stands at $2.71 billon. Unveiling the expansion plan to journalists at…
Ethiopian Airlines wins African Airline of the year back to back
Ethiopian Airlines has been named the African Airline of the year, 2016, in recognition of its continued rapid growth, increased profitability and outstanding contribution to aviation development in Africa. A statement by the airline on Monday in Abuja, disclosed that…
Ethiopian Airlines reacts to NCAA threat, says refundable fees in view of deportation
Barely 24 hours after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) viewed the ‘refundable deportation fees’ charged by Ethiopian Airlines on Nigerians as exploitative and warned of sanctions, the airline has reacted saying, the added fees that ranged from $75 to…
Ethiopian Airlines may be banned from flying into Nigeria by NCAA if…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered Ethiopian Airlines to stop taking deportation charges from Nigerians travelling to South Africa, saying it may be forced to welding the big stick. The agency said the refundable deportation fee which is…
