The Ethiopian Airlines Consortium has reached out to President Bola Tinubu, seeking his intervention in a dispute involving the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, and the Nigeria Air project. The letter, titled “Ethiopian Airlines Consortium Plea on the Issue of the National Carrier,” was dated October 15 and delivered to the presidency on October 17. The disagreement centres on what Keyamo referred to as a “Master Agreement” during a recent discussion on the aviation industry. READ ALSO:Our partnership with Nigeria to establish Airline closed – Ethiopian Airlines“The negotiation meetings produced a Draft Establishment and Operations Agreement and Full Business Case. “Also, Nigeria has many pilots flying worldwide including Ethiopian Airlines; we never considered using wet leases or foreign pilots in Nigeria.

Source: Ethiopian News October 21, 2024 15:12 UTC