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Ethiopian Airlines is the national airline of Ethiopia based in Addis Ababa. It was founded in 1945 and currently serves 53 international destinations from its main hub. Ethiopian Airlines has become one of Africa's leading carriers, turning a profit for most years. It provides aviation training to employees of other African airlines and has codeshare agreements with several international carriers. Ethiopian Airlines received an award in 2008 for being the best airline in Africa for its network and connections on the continent.

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Company Profile and History

Ethiopian Airlines is the national airline of Ethiopia based in Addis Ababa. It was founded in 1945 and currently serves 53 international destinations from its main hub. Ethiopian Airlines has become one of Africa's leading carriers, turning a profit for most years. It provides aviation training to employees of other African airlines and has codeshare agreements with several international carriers. Ethiopian Airlines received an award in 2008 for being the best airline in Africa for its network and connections on the continent.

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Company Profile and History

Ethiopian Airlines (“Ethiopian”) is the national airline of Ethiopia with its main hub at Bole International
Airport. During the past sixty plus years, the airline has become one of the continent’s leading carriers,
unrivalled in Africa for efficiency and operational success, turning profits for almost all the years of its
existence. It has also become one of Ethiopia’s major industries. Ethiopian Airlines serves 53
international destinations with 157 weekly international departures from Addis Ababa and a total of 410
weekly international departures worldwide.

Ethiopian Airlines was founded on December 30, 1945, by Emperor Haile Selassie with assistance from
TWA. It commenced operations on April 8, 1946, with a weekly service between Addis Ababa and Cairo
with five Douglas DC-3 propeller-driven aircraft. The airline started long-haul services to Frankfurt in
1958 and inaugurated its first jet service in January 1963 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. In the early 1960s
it provided some initial aviation support to the Ethiopia-United States Mapping Mission in its operation
to provide topographic maps of Ethiopia.

Although it relied on American pilots and technicians at the beginning, by its 25th anniversary in 1971
Ethiopian Airlines was managed and staffed by Ethiopian personnel. In 1998, it started transatlantic
services. In 2007, Ethiopia Airlines provided basic pilot and aviation maintenance training to trainees
from African countries including Rwanda, Tanzania, Chad, Djibouti, Madagascar and Sudan. Other
training was given to employees of Kenya Airways, Air Zimbabwe, Bellview Airlines, Cape Verde Airlines
and Air Madagascar.

Ethiopian Airlines has code share agreements with: South African Airways, Lufthansa, TAAG-Angola
Airlines, Gulf Air, Air One, Brussels Airlines, British Midland (BMI), Rwanda Air, and Saudi Arabian
Airways.

Ethiopian has an advanced maintenance base, which is fully operational for Airframe maintenance up to
D-Checks, Engine, Overhaul, Components repair & overhaul, Light Aircraft maintenance and technical,
and management assistance for other airlines. The maintenance base is certified by the US- Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA).

Ethiopian is self-sufficient in all aviation training systems. The Ethiopian Aviation Academy offers training
for Pilots, Aircraft Technicians, Cabin Crew (Service Trainee), Marketing & Sales as well as Management
and Finance staff.
Ethiopian Airlines was presented with the prestigious 2008 "Best Airline in Africa Award" at the African
Travel Award gala, organised by the Akwaaba Travel Market in Lagos, Nigeria on October 25, 2008. The
award was conferred to Ethiopian for its “excellent network and convenient connections in Africa.”
Akwaaba Travel Market is the only international travel exhibition in West Africa recognized by the
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). It is organized annually by African Travel Quarter
(ATQ) magazine, the first international travel magazine in West Africa. Akwaaba Travel Market is the
African equivalent of the World famous World Travel Market in London and the International Travel
Market in Berlin.

In addition to the latest award, Ethiopian won the 2008 corporate achievement award in Johannesburg
in August 2008 given by the Aviation and Allied Business Publication for recognition of excellence in the
airline industry and Brussels Airport Award for long haul services on October 23, 2008. Ethiopian was the
first African carrier to win the 2008 Brussels Airport Company Award.

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