Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has signed lease agreements with AerCap Holdings N.V. for two Boeing 777-300ERSF converted freighters. The aircraft, also known as "The Big Twin," will be the first of its type to operate in Africa, with the deliveries scheduled for Q2 2028. Mesfin Tase...

Ethiopian Airlines has launched a new twice-weekly cargo service between Addis Ababa and Urumqi in China. The inaugural flight was welcomed with a colourful ceremony and traditional water cannon salute upon arrival at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport. The new service will operate every Mond...

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the successful recertification of its IATA CEIV Pharma (Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics) accreditation as an Airline and ground handling agent. This milestone underscores the airline’s commitment in providing air cargo...

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's leading carrier, has announced announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Global Recognition and Appreciation Award at the First International Post-COVID Conference held in Toronto. This accolade acknowledges Ethiopian Airlines' pivotal role in distributing eme...

Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services and Liege Airport, the Ethiopian cargo hub in Europe, have celebrated 17 years of successful partnership. The two organizations reaffirmed their commitment to boost freighter operations and strengthen the strategic alliance that has played a significant role...

Swissport has been successful in winning Ethiopian Airlines as a new customer at Zurich and Geneva airports, handling the airline`s air cargo at Geneva Airport and providing full airport ground services such as passenger and ramp services at both locations. Bruno Stefani, CEO of the DACH, Italy a...

Ethiopian Airlines Group (ET) has partnered with MailAmericas (MA), a private postal operator and gold member of the consultive committee for the Universal Postal Union, to develop competitive cross border ecommerce services within Africa and the Middle East using Addis Ababa as a hub. According ...

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines have again partnered to bring humanitarian aid to those in need – this time using the airline's three recently delivered 737-8 airplanes to transport more than 12,000 pounds of supplies to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. "Ethiopian Airlines has a long history of collaborati...

Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s best airline, has announced the completion of passenger to freighter conversion of one of its three B767 aircraft. Ethiopian partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and launched a B767-300ER freighter conversion line at Ethiopian MRO facilities in Add...

Ethiopian Airlines, a CHAMP customer for 30 years, has extended its partnership agreement with the cargo IT solutions provider for an additional 5 years. Under the agreement, Ethiopian will continue to benefit from its use of the acclaimed Cargospot suite of applications to manage the airline’s...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited and Ethiopian Airlines Group announced today that Ethiopian has signed a proposal for the purchase of two Dash 8-400 Freighter – Large Cargo Door (F-LCD) conversion kits. The proposal provides an option for an additional two F-LCD conversion kits. The ...

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines today announced the carrier is further expanding its all-Boeing freighter fleet with an order for five 777 Freighters. The order is currently unidentified on Boeing's orders and deliveries website. "The addition of these five 777 Freighters into our cargo fleet w...

Ethiopian Airlines Group and the Boeing company have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on positioning Ethiopia as an aviation hub for Africa. Building on the two parties’ seventy years of shared history in aviation, the MoU aims at positioning Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation...

Ethiopian Airlines Group establishes a global standard cargo Conversion program to convert the B-767-300 ER to dedicated freighter services in partnership agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Ethiopian Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, said: ‘’In l...

Ethiopian Airlines Group has transported 3.5 Million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Shanghai to São Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa. The vaccine arrived in Brazil on Thursday, 15 April 2021. ...