Africa’s biggest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has started to furlough workers, including crew members in response to the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis on the global travel industry. Ethiopian Airlines, in a response to Quartz Africa, says it has laid off only contract employees under an agreement made with their recruitment agencies. Over the last decade Ethiopian Airlines has built itself into Africa’s primary airline and made Addis Ababa the key hub for the entire continent, overtaking Dubai in the process. “Although Ethiopian Airlines have been quite resilient in managing these complex changes (rolling restrictions), they have recently reduced operations to 30 countries and about 80 destinations,” says Ogaga Udjo, African Aviation Analyst. Sign up to the Quartz Africa Weekly Brief here for news and analysis on African business, tech and innovation in your inbox

Source: Ethiopian News April 06, 2020 06:56 UTC