Congrats to ET and Boeing. For those who think that this plane may be too big for ET, let's not forget that Africa (not just Ethiopia) is the fastest growing continent in almost any domain you can look at (population, economy, demand for filling in the blank) and ET being the largest operator on the...
Jump to postFirst day of 2024 and reports claim Somaliland will receive a share in Ethiopian Airlines as part of the port lease agreement between the governing nations. Hard to make this non-political, but throughout the tumultuous recent history of Ethiopia, no government of the country has interfered in the ...
Jump to postJamaica ATC have walked off the jobs causing cancellation of numerous flights into MBJ and KIN on May 12th. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220512/efforts-underway-restore-normalcy-jamaicas-air-traffic-jcaa I am one of those affected by this. Was supposed to fly AA935 KIN-MIA today. Now ...
Jump to postFear is a powerful thing. The rebels are more than 350km away from ADD, and it is business as usual for now. However the situation evolves, the rebels have been successful in impacting the psyche of us Ethiopians and the world. The last time the same rebels entered Addis in 1991, ET temporarily move...
Jump to post9252fly wrote:politically correct race
On 21 December 1945, Ethiopian Air Lines Inc. was established as a joint venture with TWA (Trans World Airlines). Initially using American surplus C-47 planes, it started operations in April 1946. From that humble beginning and many seemingly insurmountable challenges over decades, ET is now a globa...
Jump to postThe passion of A.netters is awe inspiring. Great analysis.
Jump to postI treat this as a weather balloon Mr. Tewolde is floating to gauge opinions. Or maybe there is much more advanced talks going on? This would not be easy by any stretch but if SAA starts with a clean slate and ET gets to call the management shots, it could work. SA is still the crown jewel of Africa ...
Jump to postIf, and that is a big IF, any or all of the allegations from the whistleblower are true, big changes will be needed at ET. Looks like he has an axe to grind, may have some political reasons, but the focus is on the message, not the messenger. Let's see what comes up in the next few days and weeks. A...
Jump to postWhat a terrible news, RIP to the deceased and to their families including the ET family.
Jump to postI am still trying to wrap my head around how ET thought Lome would be a good stop over point. While most of the major countries in the EU would not grant ET traffic rights, I have to wonder why they didn't approach some of the smaller former Eastern Block countries about using them as a stop, with ...
Jump to postThis is what puzzles me. If ET indeed had the rights it would have been all over it including adding frequency to LFW from Nigeria (where ASKY is limited) or go beyond to destinations like NYC, yet it never did. The open skies allows for such service if the intermediate stop's country allows it, ye...
Jump to postET has the right to operate 35 flights per week to Nigeria (as of Winter 2017) including tier 2 cities plus beyond fifth freedom rights to USA plus few West African states. Even KQ has the rights to fly to USA via Nigeria if they wanted to. If anyone knows, it would be you behramjee: are you sure a...
Jump to postTalk about making a splash, ok Green Africa, you got my attention. I hope it works out, but why put extra pressure on yourself as now the expectations are sky high and the challenges are not any easier. Now you gotta deliver Big Shots!!
Jump to postTalk about making a splash, ok Green Africa, you got my attention. I hope it works out, but why put extra pressure on yourself as now the expectations are sky high and the challenges are not any easier. Now you gotta deliver Big Shots!!
Jump to postTalk about making a splash, ok Green Africa, you got my attention. I hope it works out, but why put extra pressure on yourself as now the expectations are sky high and the challenges are not any easier. Now you gotta deliver Big Shots!!
Jump to postOh, one of the wild rumors that float around in Addis. I see little chance of that. By all accounts, official and others I have heard, the A350 is performing very well for ET. Plus, I think Airbus will do what it can to stay at ET; they have worked too hard to break the Boeing monopoly on jets. But,...
Jump to postThanks Eastafspot for sharing the pics. Looks really nice, bright, welcoming environment. Glad they had the Turks build instead of the Chinese so the terminal has little bit of character. Indeed, the Chinese need good competition to keep them honest. (Of course, Ghanian built and designed would be e...
Jump to postWith the discussions of starting MUC, and reading through the lines, LH is not too happy with that. There is no doubt that ET poses the biggest challenge to LH/SN's African plans. Similar situation with UA; it is a relationship that has grown over time and looks like it is pretty good now. Re: TPE, ...
Jump to postVery interesting list, thanks for sharing... Is there was for global travel purchases (not just US-booked)?
Some surprises for me:
#14 The World Bank
5 of the top 10 are consulting firms
More than LAD, perhaps JNB, CPT, MPM, NBO - so southeastern/eastern Africa. Is there enough, good yield traffic + cargo? We shall see. ET is running out of obvious places to fly to; maybe their option is to park the plane for 10+ hrs or add a tag-on destination, like they do for many new destinations.
Jump to postET reported its financial year results a couple of days ago: https://www.ethiopianairlines.com/corporate/media/media-relations/latest-press Highlights: Total Rev: $3.2 billion Net Profits: $244 million 10.6 million passengers transported - up 21% y/y and first time over 10M 400,000 tons of freight -...
Jump to postI guess it was low-yield after all (>50% of capacity at El Prat is LCC) and the conference crowd is not enough for ET, I presume. Before we know it, they may be back there, if conditions change. Unrelated: Today's ET501 77W IAD-ADD was diverted to BCN - ~5hrs delay in total... Now on its way to ADD.
Jump to postThe other thing is...this flight is proposed to be daily. KQ has some frames coming back from sub-lease, but this is a route that should be 3x weekly. I don't see how it can be sustained daily. The flight times appear perfect, but I don't get 7 days a week. I’m sure KQ’s management knows it’s marke...
Jump to postEthiopian is resuming flights to Asmara in Eritrea on July 18. It last flew there over 20 years ago. Starts as 1 daily, but according to Tewolde flights will increase to multiple daily in addition to dedicated cargo flights. Exciting times ahead I'm amazed at how hastily this is all evolving. It wa...
Jump to postMy money is on Lubbock, Texas :) Jokes aside, interesting discussions. ET's and all other major carriers' game is one of economies of scale. ET has a vast network in Africa, and competes against the majors in Europe and ME3+TK everyday, all day. But their mix of customers (VFR, tourists, business tr...
Jump to postI'm a bit disappointed with the way ET is working with Malawian Airlines, seems a bit neglected and not really as if they're trying to build much on it. Although it might be a bit smaller market around it than what LFW has with Asky, I'm sure they could have build a mini-hub with 4 aircraft on rout...
Jump to postCongrats ET!! It would be good to have higher female representation in the exec ranks too.
Jump to postAmericas Rio de Janeiro (GIG) : ET abandoned this market a few years ago, but the Brazilian economy has recovered and its partner Avianca Brasil has grown rapidly, this route can start with ADD-GRU-GIG increases its services to GRU with three flights weekly would be fine Houston (IAH), Montreal (YU...
Jump to postCan the A330-300 get out of JNB with a decent payload to LHR? This was the whole reason they used A346/A343 and latterly A332? Not too long ago we had three B747s per day, two to JNB and one CPT. Apparently SAA received the newest 242t A330-300 that can lift a bit more out of JNB. Based on Airbus A...
Jump to postCongrats to ET and ORD!! A 2 hour turnaround at ORD may be challenging, but the times on both sides are very convenient. It's good that ET is trying all options: via DUB to IAD, YYZ and LAX and via West Africa (LFW, ABJ) to EWR. It shows that it is willing to partner with anyone and build feeds. In ...
Jump to postThis is a good start and as noted, we will see the adoption and adherence rate. But anything is better than nothing; the first movers will reap the benefits which should entice the others.
Jump to post$200M could be high or low, the important metric is to look at the direct and indirect returns on the investment. I agree with many posters, corruption is a global problem and it should be fought. Yes, Mozambique needs airports but it should not come at the expense of the public funds being squander...
Jump to postMany good arguments already posted above but to add a couple more (or modifications on previous comments): 1) The first two airlines with the largest number of African destinations are ET and TK, both *A members and codeshare partners of UA 2) *A members are the strongest in Africa: MS in the north,...
Jump to postThe UN never pays people to travel in J. Maybe you have past experiences :-) Oh they certainly do. Anything over 9 hrs in a single leg or 11 hrs in multiple legs gets you in J. https://hr.un.org/article/changes-un-air-travel-policy To beat the monopoly argument to death, another big competitor (Fre...
Jump to postGood job Norwegian, UNICEF is certainly very deserving of support, they do a great job.
What is the extent of the agreement between the two parties: transport aid to areas who need it? And some financial contribution as well? Again, congrats Norwegian.
It's purely a management contract and nothing else. They will most likely too provide maintenance support for the 737NG DH4 fleet. ET bends backwards to get a good name in Nigeria. If the govt is not going to address the debt issue, I think it would be a bad idea to take the management role which w...
Jump to postSure, this is a bold move and may work out in the long run. Is WB in such a good shape that it can afford such an expansion? Full points for boldness but I have my doubts on its ultimate success.
Jump to postET does sometimes cut corners only to come back and pour money into retrofit: I can think of the Q400 w/o Business class when launched and of course the angled flat seats on the Dreamliners. As for Malawian, I highly doubt that project is going as well as initially thought. As mentioned, Malawi is ...
Jump to postET does sometimes cut corners only to come back and pour money into retrofit: I can think of the Q400 w/o Business class when launched and of course the angled flat seats on the Dreamliners. As for Malawian, I highly doubt that project is going as well as initially thought. As mentioned, Malawi is s...
Jump to postDepending on how the EWR experiment goes, along with a more robust recovery of west African economies in particular in Nigeria, ET may route more US-bound flights via LFW. In particular, I would think ORD will go via LFW. If and when ET gets more frequencies to YYZ, some of the flights may also go v...
Jump to postThe problem is that the further you get away from those planes the bigger the problems. ADD has some major issues and isn't even close to being on par with other major hubs in the area. Theoretically the new expansion should help, but the problems aren't primary to due with building, but with upkee...
Jump to postQuestions: - Could these ten A350 frames translate to the replacement of the 6 77Ls and 4 77Ws, while we will see the additional 10 frames on order used for growth opportunities? - Will ET still find room for regional jets especially given its substatial order for 737-8 MAXs? - Does ET's addition o...
Jump to postEthiopian order for 10 additional A350s confirmed :) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCxGfn_UMAAyW8x.jpg https://twitter.com/_AirlinerWorld/status/877153541055500290 Good news. I thought with the issues Ethiopian is having getting cash out of some nations that they would have to slow expansion. Very go...
Jump to postThanks for sharing the link and congrats to OSL and ET!
Another video from ET marking the start of 3 new destinations: TNR (Antananarivo, Madagascar), OSL and VFA (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe): https://www.facebook.com/Ethiopianairli ... 914944882/
I think that the assumption that JFK-NBO would be low yielding is unfounded. While NBO is not a financial capital, both NYC and NBO are some of the largest NGO capitals of their respective regions. While the for profit sector has gotten much more stingy with travel policies, the United Nations guar...
Jump to postWell, Kenya is a great country and KQ is a decent airline. I'm quite sure that this route wouldn't do too badly. DL has decent feed at JFK, so it might work. No question about the first statement. However, why would DL feed KQ when it can use it TATL JV with AF/KL to AMS/CDG to then feed KL/KQ? I s...
Jump to postCurious to know which routes you were flying/looking at...? NBO- DXB, NBO- LHR, NBO- FCO ( granted there's no direct route from NBO. I was going to fly through CDG) and NBO- BKK Surprised by NBO-DXB owing the direct EK competition and QR/EY like to offer cheap deals to DXB. You would think KQ would...
Jump to postLink did not work for me either. The stat the OP is quoting has been told by ET's CEO at many occasions: it is the to/from Africa traffic that this refers to and indeed 4 of every 5 pax flies on a non African carrier to and from Africa. TK, EK, AF/KL, BA, etc. are the main beneficiaries. While ET is...
Jump to post20 years ago today, flight ET961 from ADD to west Africa via NBO was hijacked by three men after the Boeing 762 (reg ET-AIZ) took off from ADD. They wanted to fly Australia and get asylum. In spite of multiple pleas to reconsider due to lack of fuel, the hijackers insisted on getting to Australia. A...
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