Ethiopian Airlines posts record 3.15 billion birr profit

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Group made a record high profit of 3.15 billion birr in the 2013-2014 fiscal year that ended in June 2014.

The net profit is the highest the airline made in its 69 year history and surpassed the net profit it bagged last year by 53 percent. Last fiscal year the airline made a net profit of 2.3 billion birr. According to information obtained from the airline, the national flag carrier generated 46.5 billion birr operating revenue, up by 21 percent. The airline transported six million passengers and 187,000 tons of cargo in the budget year, a surge of 13 and seven percent respectively. In the 2013-2014 fiscal year the airline phased in 13 new jetliners and opened nine new destinations.

A senior official at Ethiopian told The Reporter that the airline managed to make a record high profit at a turbulent time. The economic recession in Europe, fuel price hike, and the Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa are some of the critical challenges Ethiopian Airlines and other international airlines faced. The flag carrier recently announced that it was losing eight million dollars in sales every month due to the Ebola pandemic that scared away passengers from traveling to Africa.

The official attributed the remarkable performance of the airline to the implementation of a right business strategy stipulated in the Vision 2025, the airlines 15 growth plan, and the hard work of the management and employees of the airline. “It was a very successful year for the airline,” the official said.

Read more: The Reporter

ግለሰቡ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ አለመሞቱ በድጋሚ በመረጋገጡ አስከሬኑ ለቤተሰቦቹ መሰጠቱ ተገለጸ

ግለሰቡ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ አለመሞቱ በድጋሚ በመረጋገጡ አስከሬኑ ለቤተሰቦቹ መሰጠቱ ተገለጸ
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በግል የሥራ ጉዳይ ወደ ሴራሊዮን አቅንቶ የነበረዉና ወደ ሀገሩ ከተመለሰ ወዲህ ጠንካራ ክትትል ሲደረግበት የቆየዉ ግለሰብ ህይወቱ ያለፈዉ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ አለመሆኑ በመረጋገጡ አስከሬኑ ለቤተሰቦቹ መሰጠቱን የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር አስታወቀ፡፡
በሚኒስቴሩ የኢቦላ መከላከል ግብረ ሀይል አባላት የሆኑት ባለሙያዎች በሰጡት መግለጫ እንዳስታወቁት ባለፈዉ ረቡእ ንጋት ላይ ህይወቱ በጭንቅላት ወባ እንዳለፈ ኢትዮጵያ ዉስጥ ባለ የምርመራ ላብራቶሪ ተረጋግጧል፡፡ ለኢቦላም በሃገር ዉስጥ በተደረገዉ ምርመራ ከኢቦላ ነፃ እንደሆነ ቢራገጥም ግለሰቡ የመጣዉ በኢቦለ ከተጠቁት አገሮች አንዷ ከሆነችዉ ሴራሊዮን በመሆኑ ለድጋሚ የማረጋገጫ ምርመራ የደም ናሙናዉ ወደ ደቡብ አፍሪካ ተልኮ በኢቦላ ቫይረስ የተጠቃ አለመሆኑ ተረጋግጧል፡፡
በኢትዮጵያ የህብረተሰብ ጤና ኤንስቲትዩት ምክትል ዋና ዳይሬክተር የሆኑት ዶ/ር ዳዲ ጂማ እና በፌዴራል ጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴር የሚኒስትሩ አማካሪ የሆኑት ዶ/ር መርዓዊ አራጋዊ በጋራ በሰጡት መግለጫ ኢትዮጵያ ኢቦላን ለመከላከል ዘርፈ ብዙ ተግባራት እያከናወነች ሲሆን በተለይ የቫይረሱን ምንነት ለማረጋገጥ ያቋቋመችዉ ላብራቶሪ እና የባለሙያዎቹን ብቃት በግለሰቡ ላይ በተደረገዉ ምርመራ ማረጋገጥ መቻሉ እንደ ጠንካራ ጎን እንደሚወሰድ ተናግረዋል፡፡

ከአንበሳ መንጋጋ ማን ያወጣል ስጋ? እውነት ወይስ ውሸት

Ethiopian Airlines Released a new two days sale Jan 23 and 24, 2015

Promotional Two Days Special Sale .

Sales Date: 23^rd   and 24^th  January only

Travel Date: JAN24-31/FEB/MAR

Fare starts from $970 including tax. ( See the table below for detail)

***The fare will be in the system, hence please advise and issue tickets to your esteemed customers accordingly

Ethiopian Epiphany in North America will be celebrated in Los Angeles

በ 2 ሺህ 7 ዓ.ም. ለ 16ኛ ጊዜ በሎስ አንጀለስ ከተማ የሚከበረው
የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በዓል ጥምቀት መታሰቢያThe 16th annual celebration  of  our Lord Jesus Christ’s baptism  in Los Angeles, CA
January 17 - 18, 2015ቦታ:Location : 1000 Elysian Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (@Dodgers Stadium)

Ethiopian Epiphany  

Ethiopian Epiphany in North America will be celebrated in Los Angeles

Addis Ababa - Tokyo nonstop by Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) is stretching its wings, to be precise the wings of one of their new B787 Dreamliners, to Japan come April this year. A statement seen from the airline confirms that preparations for the launch of flights between Addis Ababa and Tokyo Narita, via Hong Kong, are complete. The airline will initially serve the route three times a week and establish the first direct flight link between Japan and Africa, and flights will be codeshared with Star Alliance partner All Nippon Airways.

“It is obvious that these guys not just see opportunities but take them. Being the first on the route will give them pole position in uplifting traffic from Japan not just to Addis but into their entire African network. And as you never fail to point out, that network is the widest any airline has. Star Alliance must be proud of such a star pupil among their ranks. For us in Kenya, it is again coming late on that lucrative market. We are behind ET across India and Asia, and I wonder what went wrong with us here. Our airline posts massive losses, and ET expands and grows and makes profits? And then your slap this morning about failed corporate communication strategies but true enough, we have lost massive ground over the past year or so,” commented a regular source on how Kenyan aviators feel when they read such success stories.

“Ethiopian is the one to watch,” wrote another source when tossing ideas around earlier today after also reading that ET was to launch flights to Goma/Eastern Congo via Entebbe.

In a related development, Ethiopian has also confirmed that they have agreed on an expanded codeshare agreement with Star Alliance partner Air India, which will benefit both airlines with added destinations in India and across Africa.

Star Alliance counts three members in Africa - Ethiopian, Egypt Air, and South African - which in terms of fleet and passengers carried, constitute the three largest airlines. Skyteam comes in at a distant second, with Kenya Airways being the only alliance member in Africa, while OneWorld has not a single member on the African continent, though is active with flights to Africa by such members as Qatar Airways and to a much lesser extent British Airways.

First airline in Africa to own and operate the B787 Dreamliner Full Flight Simulator

Continuing with its aviation technology leadership in Africa, Ethiopian, the largest and most profitable airline of the continent, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the first ever B-787 Dreamliner full flight simulator in Africa. The installation and build-up of the full flight simulator is in progress at Ethiopian's main hub in Addis Abab,a and the first pilot training in the B-787 flight simulator will start in March, 2015.

Ethiopian was the first airline in the world outside Japan to receive and operate the B- 787 Dreamliner in August 2012. Currently, the airline is the largest operator of the B-787 in Africa. With the installation of the B-787 flight simulator, Ethiopian will be the first in Africa to give full flight simulator training for pilots on the B-787 aircraft.

CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group, Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, said “We are continually investing in developing our training capability. With installation of the B-787 Flight Simulator, we will be fully self-sufficient in providing in-house training for our pilots on the B-787 aircraft, which has become our core fleet on our mid and long range routes.

Over the last 4 years, we have invested $ 80 million in expanding both the scope and scale of our Academy. In line with our 15 years strategic roadmap Vision 2025, we will continue to invest heavily on our Academy with the objective of increasing its annual in-take capacity to from currently 1,000 trainees to about 4,000 by 2025.”
Ethiopian already provides full flight simulator training for pilots on the Q-400, the B737, the B757 and the B767.