Ethiopian Airlines Group Marks 75th Anniversary

April 9/2021(ENA) Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Pan-African aviation group, has kicked of a yearlong celebration of its 75th anniversary on Thursday under the theme “Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence”.

Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam said “as we celebrate 75 years of excellence, we take stock of our accomplishments over three quarters of a century. 

Meanwhile, Tewolde stressed “today, our industry faces a serious challenge posed by COVID-19.”

“The route we chose to overcome this challenge is to tighten our belt, change the way we do business and be agile. We remain the only commercial airline that hasn’t sought government bailout and didn’t lay off a single employee,” he noted.

The CEO expressed to cement Ethiopian’s commitment to sustainable aviation and continue to work with all stakeholders to enhance Africa’s air connectivity.

Ethiopian attributes its success to the four pillars of its growth strategy; human resource development, modern fleet, infrastructure development and technology, he elaborated.

Ethiopian made its maiden international flight on April 8, 1946 to Cairo.

Since then, the Airline overcame the ups and downs of the aviation industry and the challenges unique to Africa to become Africa’s largest, most profitable and award-winning Aviation Group.