Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) will be Ghana’s strategic partner as the West African country looks to set up a new national airline.Ghana’s Aviation Minister Joseph Adda and Ethiopian’s Chief Executive Tewolde Gebremariam on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishing the partnership, with a final agreement to be signed before year’s end. Accra has not had much success in running a national airline, with two high profile failures over the last couple of decades. Ghana Airways was the national carrier until it got into difficulties in 2004 with problems, including a US DOT ban which prevented it flying to the US. Ghana International Airlines was launched in 2005 as a replacement, but ceased trading in 2010 and the country has been without a national carrier since then, although private airlines have partly filled the gap. Ethiopian already partners two African countries, Zambia and Chad, in projects to establish new national airlines.

Source: Ethiopian News December 06, 2018 10:52 UTC