ETW Staff – Mumbai
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has won the African Aviation ‘African Airline of the Year’ award for 2016 during the 25th Anniversary African Aviation Air Finance Africa Conference & Exhibition and African Aviation Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The award was presented to Ethiopian in recognition of its financial performance, fleet modernisation, route network expansion, in-flight service, overall customer care and its contribution to aviation development in Africa.
Commenting on the award, Mesfin Tassew, chief operating officer, Ethiopian Airlines, said, “We are pleased to win the award, which is a testimony of Ethiopian’s 70 years of commitment to bring Africa together and closer to the rest of the world. It is also a recognition of the leadership of Ethiopian management and the hard work of Ethiopian employees who work hard to keep our airline shining in the skies. On behalf of the Ethiopian executive management and myself, I would like to thank African Aviation for the recognition.”
On presenting the award, Nick Fadugba, CEO, African Aviation, remarked, “Ethiopian Airlines continues to set the pace through its tangible achievements and is a source of great pride to Africa. In addition, ET has also excelled in the provision of technical services to African and non-African airlines and has made enormous contribution to the development of aviation human resources for the African continent, particularly in the fields of aircraft maintenance, pilot and cabin crew training.”