Tag: Ethiopian Airlines
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Nigeria Air: FG selects Ethiopian Airlines as preferred bidder
The Federal Government has selected Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Consortium as the preferred bidder for Nigeria Air. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika made this known during a media briefing on Friday in Abuja.
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Foreign airline bags N7m fine for cancelling flights without notice
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has awarded a fine of N6 million as general damages against Ethiopian Airlines Ltd. for cancelling three Nigerians’ flights without due notice to the plaintiffs. In his ruling on Friday, Justice Adekunle Faji also awarded another sum of N1 million as the cost of the action. The sums…
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First international flight lands in Abuja airport
An Ethiopia Airline plane on Monday, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, conveying 120 passengers and 13 crew members from Addis Ababa. The aircraft with registration number ET-AUC arrived at 1:32 pm. Speaking with newsmen after the flight arrived, Capt. Rabio Yadudu, the Director-General of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), described the…
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Pius Adesanmi’s family sue Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash
Family members of the late Nigerian writer killed in the tragic Ethiopian Airlines crash, Pius Adesanmi, have filed a new lawsuit against the Boeing Company. Lawyers Nomaan Husain of Husain Law + Associates, Floyd Wisner of The Wisner Law Firm, and Omar Khawaja of The Law Offices of Omar Khawaja, filed the new lawsuit against…
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Ethiopia plane crash: Telecom union mourns loss of two staff
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has mourned the loss of two ITU staff members who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after taking off from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Ms Maygenet Abebe and Mr Marcelino Tayob, who worked for the ITU Regional Office for Africa, based in Addis Ababa,…
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Ethiopian Airlines provides more details on ill-fated flight
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr Tewalde GabreMariam, has provided more details on its plane that crashed on Sunday morning shortly after takeoff enroute Nairobi from Addis Ababa. A statement by the airline said its management led by GabreMariam had travelled to the scene of the crash. He disclosed that 149 passengers…
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No survivors in Nairobi-bound crashed plane – Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines says there are no survivors on its flight ET302 which crashed on Sunday en route Nairobi from Addis Ababa. The airline said the 149 passengers and eight crew members on board the B-737-800MAX with registration number ET- AVJ, all died in the crash. According to the airline, there were 33 different nationalities on…
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BREAKING: 157 die as Kenya bound Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that its flight ET 302/March 10 in schedule service from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in an accident on Sunday around Bishoftu in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. The Airline made the announcement in its Accident Bulletin, posted on its website, www.ethiopianairlines.com on Sunday. It said that the aircraft B-737-800MAX with registration…
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After 20 years, first Ethiopia-Eritrea commercial flight takes off
The first commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years took off early on Wednesday, sealing a stunning reconciliation between the former enemies a week after they ended their military standoff. More than 400 passengers boarded two Ethiopian Airlines planes in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, many of them waving the countries’ flags and…
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Ethiopian Airlines targets larger share of Nigerian market
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is targeting a larger share of the Nigerian market in 2018. Mrs Firiehiwot Mekonen, General Manager, Ethiopian Airlines, Nigeria, told newsmen in Lagos on Monday that the airline would consolidate on its achievement in 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ethiopian Airlines transported 416, 229 out…