Ethiopia Airlines possess unique, rare and difficult to imitate attributes that distinguish it from its peers in Africa. Although Ethiopia Airlines is a national carrier owned 100 percent by government of Ethiopia, it is fully autonomous. Such airlines that died due to the failure of government to stay away from their operations included the Nigeria Airways Limited, Air Afrique, Ghana Airways, Gambia Airlines, Air Angol, Botswana Airlines, Congo Airlines, Air Djibouti among others. These airlines were not professionally run like today's Ethiopia Airlines and, ironically, the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited, according to industry experts, had more prospects than any other African airline. Ethiopia Airlines was established on December 21, 1945 and it started operation on April 8, 1946.

Source: Ethiopian News September 01, 2017 00:33 UTC