The report even cited Mesfin Tassew, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines as saying stopping use of Somalia airspace after an alleged incident last Saturday involving near collisions between Ethiopian Airlines and Qatar airways. In a brief statement, issued on Friday, and shared on social media outlets, Ethiopian Airlines said BBC Amharic’s report is incorrect and distorted. Ethiopian Airlines has not stopped flying over the Somali airspace and Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO did not state that it is unsafe to fly over Somali airspace. We have also verified that the letter being circulated on the social media claiming to be from Ethiopian Airlines sent to IATA is fake and Ethiopian Airlines never wrote such a letter to IATA. Ethiopian Airlines Group”There was,however, an incident earlier this year whereby Somalian aviation authorities denied Hargeisa bound Ethiopian Airlines chartered flight and the plane was turned back.

Source: Ethiopian News March 02, 2024 04:06 UTC