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Founded in the year 1945, Ethiopian Airlines is based in Addis Ababa in Ethopia. Being the national airline of Ethiopia, it operates freight services and international passenger flights to nearly 50 destinations worldwide. Ethiopian Airlines also operate charter and passenger flights in nearly 28 domestic destinations. Bole International Airport, situated in Addis Ababa is the principal hub of this airlines. The frequent flyer program of Ethiopian Airlines is popular in the name of ShebaMiles. Girma Wake, the CEO and Seyoum Mesfin, the chairman are the principle persons behind the smooth operation of domestic as well as international flights of Ethiopian Airlines. It is one of the principle international airlines operating in Egypt.
History of Ethiopian Airlines:
Ethiopian Airlines was established by Emperor Selassie along with TWA, in the year 1945 on 30th December. Flight operations started from 8th April in the year 1946. At first, there were only weekly services in between Cairo International Airport in Egypt and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Principle aircraft used in this route were Douglas DC-3. It started its services to Frankfurt in the year 1958 and the first services to Nairobi were started from 1963. In the year 1965, the name was changed to Ethiopian Airlines from existing name Ethiopian Air Lines. Presently, this Government owned company is having people strength of 4700 employees.
Accreditation of Ethiopian Airlines:
The maintenance division of Ethiopian Airlines has been accredited by United States Federal Aviation Administration, with license No. ETIY 102F.
Flights of Ethiopian Airlines to Egypt:
Ethiopian Airlines has regular flights to Egypt. So, if you stay at Africa, then you can catch flight of Ethiopian Airlines from Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, which can directly take you to Egypt. This airlines also have flights to Frankfurt. So, in emergency, you can also fly to Frankfurt and from there, you can avail Gulf air flights to reach Egypt.
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Destinations of Ethiopian Airlines:
Apart from Egypt, Ethiopian Airlines also have flights to other popular destinations all over the world, along with having flights to renowned domestic destinations too. A few other destinations in Africa, where this airlines operate flights are Kenya, Gabon, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Rwanda, Congo and Angola. Flights are also operated to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Southwest Asia, North America and Europe.
In you wish to know about other airlines which have flights to Egypt, then continue browsing the related articles of this site, egyptflights.com
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