Fully owned by the Government of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines Group, has recently made a deal with a Chinese company to start production of ventilators, according to Tewolde GebreMariam, CEO of the Group. Presenting the activities of Ethiopian Airlines Group (Ethiopian) to the national committee against COVID-19 led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday, Mr. Tewolde indicated that recently Ethiopian has provided maintenance service of 31 ventilators to the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. Meanwhile he also stated that Ethiopian Airlines Group is forced to delay the delivery of its initially ordered airplanes from Boeing and Airbus until the number of its passengers start to pick. Ethiopian Airlines Group, which has not got any financial support from the government, recently declared $590 million loss because of dramatic decline in the number of passengers. Including some 3,000 outsourced employees, Ethiopian Airlines has around 17,000 staff members.

Source: Ethiopian News May 02, 2020 10:18 UTC