Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines Group (Ethiopian) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that aims to position Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub – “Ethiopia for Africa”. The intention is to create a world-class aviation partnership, and to achieve their shared vision, there will be four areas of strategic collaboration: Industrial Development, Advanced Aviation Training, Educational Partnership, and Leadership Development over the span of three years.
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 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.”
Both Boeing and Ethiopian will be striving for the Ethiopian Aviation Academy to be recognized as a global standard for aviation training, while Boeing is committed to developing Ethiopia’s manufacturing capability and aftermarket aviation services.
