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. Ethiopia Airlines was established on December 21, 1945 and it started operation on April 8, 1946. The difference really between the African airlines contemporaneous of Ethiopia Airlines that had gone under and the later is that of patriotism, grit determination, enviable vision and the spirit of the workforce that is unencumbered by greed.

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