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| Founded | 21 December 1945 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 8 April 1946 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | ShebaMiles | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 145 [21] | ||||||
| Destinations | 155 passenger, 68 cargo[22] | ||||||
| Parent company | Ethiopian Government (100%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | ||||||
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| Founder | Emperor Haile Selassie I[27] | ||||||
| Revenue |  (6.1 billion USD)
ETB 330 billion(FY 2023)[28] | ||||||
| Net income | ETB 1.049 billion(FY 2012)[29] | ||||||
| Profit |  (800 million USD)
ETB 44.5 billion(FY 2023)[21] | ||||||
| Total assets | ETB 26.368 billion(FY 2012)[29] | ||||||
| Total equity | ETB 2.772 billion(FY 2012)[29] | ||||||
| Employees | 18,000 (November 2023)[21] | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Ethiopian Airlines (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia,[30][31] 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 international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from Ethiopian Air Lines to Ethiopian Airlines.
The airline has been a member of the International Air Transport Association since 1959 and of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) since 1968.[32] Ethiopian is a Star Alliance member, having joined in December 2011. The company slogan is 'The New Spirit of Africa.' Ethiopian's hub[33] and headquarters are at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, from where it serves a network of 155 passenger destinations—22 of them domestic—and 68 freighter destinations.[22][21] The airline has secondary hubs in Togo and Malawi.[34][35] Ethiopian Airlines is Africa's largest airline in terms of passengers carried, destinations served, fleet size, and revenue.[36][37] Ethiopian Airlines is also the world's fourth-largest airline by the number of countries served.[38]
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- ^ a b "The leader of the e-pack..." Times Aerospace. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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- ^ "Mesfin Tassew nommé PDG du groupe Ethiopian Airlines – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 24 March 2022.
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- ^ "Ethiopian short fact sheet November, 2017" (PDF). November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Well-connected: Why one national airline is bucking a continent-wide trend". The Economist. Addis Ababa. 22 October 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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