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Don’t sleep. An Ethiopian Airlines flight overshot its destination after the two pilots reportedly fell asleep Monday. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft traveling from Khartoum to Addis Ababa was ...
Eritrean authorities have suspended all flights by Ethiopian Airlines to the East African nation effective Sept. 30, the airline said on Wednesday. Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had resumed in ...
The airline's hub is located at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. [5] Following is a list of Ethiopian Airlines' scheduled destinations. Each destination in the list below is provided with the country name, the name of the airport served, and whether it is served by passenger aircraft, cargo aircraft, or both.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a scheduled international flight serving the route Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan.On 23 November 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked [1] en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi [2] by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. [3]
Mohammed Ahmed began his career as chief aeronautical engineer at Ethiopian Airlines in the 1960s, playing a foundational role in the airline’s early development. [9] In 1980, he became CEO, known for boldly countering the policies of Ethiopia’s communist Derg regime, thereby preserving the airline’s independence from government influence. [10]
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604 suffered multiple bird strikes and attempted an emergency landing at Bahir Dar. Upon landing, the plane caught fire, killing 35 people. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, killing all 157 people on board on 10 March 2019.
Ethiopian Airlines (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, [31] [32] and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to ...
Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline of Ethiopia, [1] has a good safety record. [2] [3] [4] As of March 2019, the Aviation Safety Network records 64 accidents/incidents for Ethiopian Airlines that total 459 fatalities since 1965, [5] plus six accidents for Ethiopian Air Lines, the airline's former name. [6]