Ethiopian Airlines partners Boeing on multi-level aviation development
Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines Group, has signed a multi-level partnership agreement with America’s aircraft manufacturing giant, Boeing, to transform Ethiopia’s aviation into a hub for Africa.
The two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Addis recently to build on their shared vision for the global aviation sector, which is to establish a mutually beneficial world-class aviation partnership.
The partnership aims at the transfer of knowledge and cross-fertilization of ideas through Advanced Aviation Training, Industrial Development, Educational Partnership, and Leadership Development in a span of three years.
To this effect, joint multidisciplinary teams have been established to implement the strategic partnership and important milestones have already been registered, TW has gathered.
Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines said, “I am very much thrilled not only to sign this historic MoU with our long-standing aviation partner, Boeing but also to the implementation of milestones.
“We have been working in collaboration with Boeing on different large-scale projects in aviation for more than 70 years to serve the continent of Africa and this partnership expands and builds our capability in multiple fields.
“I have a firm conviction that with our dedication in its implementation, the MoU will successfully attain its goal of positioning Ethiopia as the continent’s aviation hub. We highly value the critical role of our American partner companies in accomplishing our goals and we will continue to work with key American aviation players like Boeing, GE, Pratt, and Whitney, and Collins Aerospace, etc… in our journey towards excellence in aviation.”
it is the desire of Ethiopian and Boeing that the Ethiopian Aviation Academy be recognized globally as having the standard for aviation training.
Boeing is committed to developing Ethiopia’s manufacturing capability and aftermarket aviation service. Through this MoU, Boeing and Ethiopian will partner to advance capabilities to compete globally. They seek to build a 21st-century pipeline for aviation careers in Ethiopia.
They will collaborate with highly qualified educational institutions and aviation industry partners to create specialized learning and development programs to meet workforce demands.
Boeing and Ethiopian will also work together to develop current and future generations of leaders in Ethiopia for Africa.
