Blog Archives

Not a safe planet to be an Ethiopian.

Not a safe planet to be an Ethiopian. By Yilma Bekele
The terrorist group ISIL murdered twenty eight Ethiopians in cold blood in the deserts of Libya. In Durban South Africa two Ethiopian brothers aged twenty two and twenty four …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

The Ethiopian Diaspora and consciousness

By Yilma Bekele

The Bay Area that currently is home away from home for thousands of Ethiopians is nothing like any other place that I have known. I was born in a small village on the southern part of Ethiopia …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

The perils of outsourcing the fight for freedom

By Yilma Bekele

I could have titled this piece ‘Obama and his Africa peace keepers’ but that would not be fair. Anybody with half a brain can see that I am trying to make my issue to be his problem. …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Why ethnic-federalism deters equitable, integrated development

By Aklog Birara, PhD

Hunger is actually the worst of all weapons of mass destruction, claiming millions of victims every year. Fighting hunger and poverty and promoting development are the truly sustainable way to achieve world peace. There will

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian flight 409 might be a victim of Israel-Hizbullah war (Wikileaks)

Wikileaks has released documents today that shed new light on what has cause the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in 2009. The new WikiLeaks releases are email threads from the global intelligence firm Stratfor dating back to the time …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Stop bullshitting

By Elias Kifle

After I wrote a commentary a few days ago saying that we Ethiopians need to give the new prime minister some time to prove himself worthy of our support, I have received a flood of responses from …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ato Seye and his politics

By Yilma Bekele

Mr. Charles Krauthammer is an American syndicated columnist, political commentator and is considered a highly influential conservative voice. He is critical of President Obama’s policies and supports the election of Mr. Romney to be President. As a …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

BOYCOTT Ethiopian Airlines – NO RIGHTS? NO FLIGHTS!

Airline boycott has a storied past in South Africa as part of a broader consumer boycott by activists standing against state repression. These activists who called for a free and democratic South Africa understood that, if one is serious about …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

A day of joy for Ethiopians; the blood-sucking terrorist tyrant is dead!


Today is a day of joy for most Ethiopians and all freedom loving people around the world. The ruling Woyanne tribal junta has finally admitted this morning that Meles Zenawi, the genocidal tyrant who has been terrorizing the people of …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Why is Ethiopian Airlines overcharging passengers?


Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) is consistently proving to be a bad financial deal for travelers to and from Ethiopia. EAL used to tout itself as the most affordable way to travel back home. But our research finds that at least nowadays, …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Profits drop 40% at Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian’s profit plunges by 40 percent

The Reporter

August 11, 2012

The net profit of Ethiopian Airlines in the 2011/2012 fiscal year has tumbled by 40 percent to 732 million birr year-on-year. In the 2010/2011 fiscal year Ethiopian earned a …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Starve the TPLF beast: Boycott Ethiopian Airlines

Statement by Boycott TPLF Task Force

Don’t hand over your hard-earned dollars, euros, any foreign currency to them! And save your own money in the process!

Meles Zenawi is either dead, or if he is not actually clinically dead, he …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ode to timidity – the Ethiopian experience

By Yilma Bekele

I knew something was missing. It kept nagging at me, the little voice in side kept saying ‘you know you have been here before.’ I was driving south on the 580 Freeway when it hit me. It …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Meles Zenawi is said to be dead – multiple sources

An Ethiopian Airlines employee, who wants to remain anonymous, informed Ethiopian Review this afternoon that Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi has died 4 days ago. But according to our sources, his bodyguards are still at St. Luc Hospital in Belgium. If …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

ESFNA rocks Dallas

The Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA) opened its annual soccer tournament on Sunday, July 1st, in Dallas, Texas, with a big fanfare. I have been to several ESFNA events in the past, and I am sure many people …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Al Amoudi Woyanne festival in DC a total failure (video)

The festival that is organized in Washington DC under the name of AESAONE by Al Amoudi and Woyanne thugs, in collaboration with a bunch of hoodlums, turned into total failure on its opening day this afternoon. After spending over $2 …

Tagged with: , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Church leaders call for economic boycott of the TPLF junta

Secretary of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Holy Synod in exile, Archbishop Abune Melketsekik, and other church leaders have called on the people of Ethiopia to boycott all businesses that are affiliated with dictator Meles Zenawi’s ruling party, the Tigray …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopia for sale – Graham Peebles

The Ethiopian Land Giveaway – OpEd

What’s yours is mine, what’s mine’s my own

By Graham Peebles | Eurasia Review

It is a colonial phenomenon, appropriate land for the needs of the colonists and to hell with those living upon …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

How Meles rules Ethiopia

By Richard Dowden

Meles Zenawi is the cleverest and most engaging Prime Minister in Africa – at least when he talks to visiting outsiders. When he speaks to his fellow Ethiopians, he is severe and dogmatic. But he entertains western …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Emirates takes advantage of boycott against Ethiopian Airlines

Several Ethiopian media organizations have recently called for boycott of Ethiopian Airlines as part of the civil resistance campaign against the genocidal junta in Ethiopia. To those of you who are asking for an alternative, here is an answer for

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Clearing out the Al Amoudi trash

Removing the Al Amoudi and Woyanne thugs from the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North America (ESFNA) is a major victory that must be replicated in all other Ethiopian organizations and places of worship. The fight is hard, but we are …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Discussion on boycotting Ethiopian Airlines (audio)

Ethiopian Review editor Elias Kifle discusses with Netsanet Le Ethiopia Radio about boycott campaign against Ethiopian Airlines and other TPLF-controlled enterprise. Listen below:

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian media organizations call for boycott of Ethiopian Airlines

Several Ethiopian media organizations issued a worldwide call for economic boycott against the ethnic apartheid dictatorship in Ethiopia.

The call was made by 12 major Ethiopian electronic and print media at a teleconference that was held on Saturday, April 12, …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Southern Ethiopia — the playground of Meles Zenawi

By Yilma Bekele

Most locations are just bland places. There is not much variation in the topography. Look at Google satellite map of Africa and you will see what I mean. Endless flat land, a stretch of desert, an occasional …

Tagged with: , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Boycott Woyanne cash cow: Ethiopian Airlines

By Elias Kifle

The Woyanne junta continues to commit horrible atrocities against Ethiopians with impunity. The recent ethnic cleansing campaign against the Amhara, Gambella and Afar people is not surprising because nothing has been done when khat-addicted dictator Meles Zenawi …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Amhara cannibalized by hodam Amharas

By Elia Kifle

The recent ethnic cleansing of 78,000 Ethiopians of the Amhara ethnic group from southern Ethiopia by the Woyanne junta is a horrible crime. Ethiopian Review has been reporting similar ethnic cleansing campaigns against other Ethiopian ethnic groups, …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Loving Ethiopia to death – the Doctors

By yilma Bekele

On November 11, 2011, Yenesew Gebre was driven to kill himself on behalf of all suffering Ethiopians. He killed himself out of love for his people and country. He made the ultimate sacrifice to wake us up …

Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

TPLF Inc. Survives on repression and not public trust

Aklog Birara, PhD

Those of us who enjoy freedom from constant purges, harassment, intimidation and fear need to remind ourselves each day that the Ethiopian people continue to suffer from poor and repressive governance-induced hyperinflation, hunger and malnourishment that is …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

The sacrifice Andualem and others are paying must be shared

The Woyanne junta in Ethiopia continues to commit gross injustice against Ethiopians with impunity. Meles and gang are not paying any price for their crimes. That must stop, and it can be stopped only when a large number of Ethiopians …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Volcanic ash cloud heading toward Addis Ababa

ADDIS ABABA (AP) – Airlines that travel through East Africa said Monday they are keeping an eye on an ash cloud after a volcano eruption in Eritrea, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the eruption is forcing her …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Wife of Ethiopia’s tyrant on Dubai shopping spree

Last Saturday, Azeb Mesfin, the wife of Ethiopia’s blood thirsty dictator Meles Zenawi, flew to Dubai on another shopping spree, according to Ethiopian Review sources.

Azeb arrived at the airport around 11 AM local time accompanied by a few close …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Elias and their ilk: Proving Sigmund Freud wrong?

By Kiflu Hussain

Let alone in the strictly patriarchal society like Africa where the father as the head of the family wields a great deal of power that make or mar the psychology of his children, even in the Western …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Col. Asrat Bogale passed away

Col. Asrat Bogale, a prominent and long time opponent of the Woyanne regime in Ethiopia, has passed away early Friday morning after receiving medical treatment in Paris.

Col. Asrat Bogale left Ethiopia over 30 years ago when the Derg military …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Passenger dies on Ethiopian Airlines flight on its way to DC

Boston area TV, WCVB, reports that an unidentified passenger died on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 500 that headed to Washington DC. The flight was diverted to Boston.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 500

BOSTON (WCVB) — A flight headed to Washington DC, was diverted to Boston on …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Heroin addiction reaching epidemic levels in Ethiopia

Just a couple of decades ago Khat (ጫት) consumption was limited to a small area of Ethiopia, mainly eastern and south eastern of the country. Today, Khat use is pervasive in all parts of Ethiopia, except the Tigray region where …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Marching to confront a genocidal tyrant – update

6:30 PM – The demonstration at Columbia against the despot in Ethiopia is now over. The protesters are dispersing. Today’s demonstration has been exceedingly successful in that it has educated Columbia University and others about Zenawi’s dictatorship and the devastation …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Woyanne replaces Ethiopian Airlines CEO with one of its own

The TPLF-junta controlled Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported today that Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake has been replaced by Tewolde G. Mariam.

The news doesn’t indicate why Seyoum Mesfin, chairman of Ethiopian Airlines’ board, decided to replace Girma, who has …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian extortion victim lands in jail

When we picked up the story about Ethiopian scientist and inventor Admasu Gebre who was thrown in jail for copyright violation in Ethiopia, we were almost certain that the ruling party Woyanne was behind it. We have heard too many …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Woyanne invites Indian hospitals to set up branches in Ethiopia

EDITOR’S NOTE: A smart and sound policy would be to make it suitable for the thousands of exiled Ethiopian physicians in the U.S. and Europe to return to their country and open clinics. Ethiopian doctors are fleeing their country because

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Mechanical glitch forces Ethiopian jet to return to Beirut

BEIRUT (AFP) — An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to return to Lebanon after takeoff early on Thursday when crew noticed a door was rattling, a Beirut airport official said.

“The door had not been closed properly and some five …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Captured suspect talks about a bomb abroad Ethiopian jet

By Peter Heinlein | VOA

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Ethiopian Airlines officials are closely following a report that a captured terrorism suspect has told of a bomb aboard a plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon in January. Investigators …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Remembering Ato Ketema

By Yilma Bekele

I am sure you are familiar with all the big numbers thrown around when it comes to the number of Ethiopians in the US. Hundreds here thousands there add up to make an impressive amount. My travels …

Tagged with: , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Health minister contradicts govt claims on ET-409 crash

EDITOR’S NOTE: Lebanon’s Health Minister is contradicting claims and leaks by his own government that Ethiopian flight 409 crashed because of weather and pilot error. Jawad Khalifeh said yesterday that the plane exploded.

BEIRUT (AFP) — An Ethiopian jet which …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airlines does not rule out sabotage

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ethiopian Airlines responds to leaked information that the crash of ET409 may have occurred due to pilot error. It is becoming all too apparent that the Lebanese regime, with the complicity of Woyanne, is trying to cover up

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Lebanese leak information on Ethiopian jet crash investigation

EDITOR’S NOTE: Any investigation conducted by the regimes in Lebanon and Ethiopia cannot be taken seriously. Both of them seem to have some thing to hide. The Lebanese, in particular, are acting in a highly suspicious manner.

BEIRUT (Reuters) — …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Lebanon hands over ET-409 black box to France

ADDIS ABABA (PANA) — Lebanon will hand over the recovered Flight Data Recorder (Black Box) of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet, ET 409, to the French authorities for investigations, Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Girma Wake said on Sunday.

‘The flight …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Crashed Ethiopian plane’s black box recovered

Navy commandos have recovered the flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month, killing all 90 people on board.

The Lebanese military says navy commandos retrieved the jet’s flight data recorder and …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Searchers locate black boxes of crashed Ethiopian plane

Searchers located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Saturday.

“The boxes have been found under the rear part of the …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

ET-409 and the surplus Ethiopians

By Yilma Bekele

It took an article on LA Times to help me gather my thoughts together. I knew there was some thing missing in the story unfolding in front of me. The article by Alexandra Sandels and Borzou Daragahi …

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Our misplaced rage at the Lebanese

By Fekade Shewakena

The harrowing experience of Ethiopians on the doomed Ethiopian airliner in the Mediterranean Sea last week, and the racist ways in which grieving Ethiopians who were trying to know the fate of their fellow Ethiopians on the …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopians in Beirut hold memorial service for crash victims

By Joshua Hersh | The Faster Times

Sunday morning, I went with the photojournalist Matthew Cassel (Just Image) to the Ethiopian Full Gospel Church, in Sebtiyeh, just outside of Beirut, for Sunday services and the funeral of one …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Chad

NDJAMENA (AFP) — An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet which made an emergency landing in Chad due to a radar problem took off again today, but 120 of its 150 passengers refused to board, airport authorities said.

The plane, a Boeing …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian, Lebanese relations sour

By Dalila Mahdawi and Wassim Mroueh | The Daily Star

As investigations continue into the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Monday, relations between the Ethiopian and Lebanese communities seem to be under strain.

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET409 crashed into the …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Crashed Ethiopian Airlines black boxes have been found, not yet recovered

Search teams on Thursday sought to recover the black boxes from an Ethiopian aircraft that crashed off Lebanon’s coast, with hope the data would provide answers to the mystery surrounding the tragedy.

“We expect to have them some time today,” …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

U.S. Navy locates Ethiopian flight 409 black boxes

By Yara Bayoumy

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S. navy vessel located on Wednesday the flight recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon two days ago with 90 people aboard, a security official said.

“The …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

The truth must be told about Ethiopian Flight 409

By Mengistu Adugna

Over the last few days, most of us have been in sombre sadness disheartened by the disaster of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight FT-409 destined Beirut to Addis Ababa – leading to the death of 90 people onboard …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Flight 409 black box found

(BBC) — The “black box” flight recorders from a passenger jet which crashed off the coast of Lebanon two days ago have been found, officials say.

A search team located the recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines flight just over 1.3km …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Correction: Captain originally assigned to fly ET-409 escapes crash

Ethiopian Airlines sources have revealed that the captain who was originally assigned to fly Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 was not on board when the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.

According to Ethiopian Review sources, Captain Amaha Fisseha went to …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Lightning reported in the path of crashed Ethiopian plane

(AccuWeather) — Frequent lightning was in the area of Monday morning’s Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crash into the Mediterranean Sea, according to data compiled by AccuWeather.com.

“A significant bolt was detected at 2:37 a.m., local time, 10 miles …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Flight 409 pilot flew into violent storms

By Charles Bremner | Times Online

The crew of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed off Lebanon on Monday apparently flew into violent storms after failing to follow controllers’ instructions to avoid them, it emerged today.

“A traffic control recording shows …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

The mystery of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409

By Charles Bremner | TimesOnline

Stormy weather or sabotage are being cited in the aviation world as possible factors in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 off Beirut.

There is no evidence yet to suggest what caused the modern …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Names of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 passengers

All the Ethiopians are women whom the Woyanne junta exploits by exporting them to Arab countries as domestic workers.

Names of passengers aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409:

1) Addis Abera Demise (Ethiopia)
2) Bahrnesh Megersa (Ethiopia)
3) Kidist Wolde Mariam …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

No survivors found in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash (video)

Update

BEIRUT, Lebanon (Los Angeles Times) Airlines flight that crashed into the sea early Monday during a fierce winter storm.

The Boeing 737-800 bound for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, was carrying eight crew members and 82 passengers when it crashed …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airline flight crashes, no word on survivors

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather early on Monday. The airline’s chief executive said there was no word of survivors.

The Boeing 737-800, heading …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

U.S. Part of Lebanon Search

We're told the US Navy is part of an international effort to find any survivors of the Ethiopian Air Lines crash off Beirut Lebanon.  The 6th Fleet guided missile destroyer USS Ramage which was on maneuvers in the area is …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Rescue teams search for survivors in Ethiopian plane crash (video)

Lebanese rescue teams Monday recovered 10 bodies from the wreckage of an Ethiopian airliner that plunged into the Mediterranean Sea minutes after takeoff in heavy rains and storms from the Beirut International Airport earlier in the day.

“We have so …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Worries growing about Ethiopia elections – The Economist

ADDIS ABABA (The Economist) — Worries about Ethiopia’s election, due in May, are growing. Aid-giving Western governments hope it will pass off without the strife that followed the last one, in 2005, when 200 people were killed, thousands …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Storm appears to have caused the crash of Ethiopian Airlines jet

A fierce storm appears to have caused the crash of an Ethiopian Airline jet that plunged in a ball of fire into the sea with 90 people on board, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said yesterday.

“Bad weather was apparently …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian plane crash should not sully success story

lebanonWhen news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash broke this morning my heart sank at the thought of covering yet another negative story about Ethiopia.

It’s particularly galling for Ethiopians that the airline is one of the few international success …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes after taking off from Beirut

BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 passengers on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, airport sources said. The plane, said to be a …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Africa-Asia ties flying high

AFRICA-CHINA/RISKSInvestment from China and other Asian countries was an important factor in several years of unprecedented growth in Africa before the global downturn hit.

It is very much seen as a critical driver for Africa’s future growth prospects as well.…

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Siphoning off Ethiopian Airlines’ profit (video)

Foreign Minister of Ethiopia’s tribal regime, Seyoum Mesfin, is reportedly siphoning off tens of millions of dollars from Ethiopian Airlines’ profit… and other news. Watch below:

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Why has Ethiopia’s regime locked Birtukan in jail?

By Abiye Teklemariam Megenta

One blazing hot Sunday afternoon in December, I drove my old BMW 316i to Ferensay Legacion, an area in North East Addis Ababa dotted with clusters of shanties. The roads were layered with unevenly carved cobble …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Seize the time: Challenge the dictator

By Yilma Bekele

The Ethiopian Prime Mister has been a very visible figure lately. If there is such thing as frequent flyer marketing by Ethiopian Airlines Ato Meles is sure to have enough to go to the moon and back. …

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Drought stricken Ethiopia tries to get rid of eucalyptus tree

By Kristin Underwood | TreeHugger.com

eucalyptus tree

Today Ethiopia is classified as having over 70% severe desertification, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). While there are several reasons, one major one is thanks (or no thanks) to eucalyptus brought …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airlines and Rwandair sign code share agreement

By BOSCO HITIMANA | BusinessWeek

KIGALI, RWANDA — Rwandair and Ethiopian Airlines have entered into a code share agreement to boost their visibility.

Under two national flag carriers’partnership, Rwandair will serve as the marketing carrier while Ethiopian Airlines will be …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airlines receives its new Boeing 737-8AS

Ethiopian Airlines' "new" Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935, ex EI-CSW) is pictured at Lasham before it departed on September 13.  Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best.Ethiopian Airlines’ “new” Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935, ex EI-CSW) is pictured at Lasham before it departed on September 13. [Photo: Antony J. Best]

Ethiopian Airlines operates an all-Boeing fleet of 737 and 767 aircraft.

Last week, Ethiopian Airlines, it …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

An idea whose time has come – Eleni Gebre-Madhin

By Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin

Many Ethiopians have been intrigued by the advent of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange and many voices have been heard from around the world in our virtual cyber-community and in private communication, some encouraging, some thrilled, some …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Col. Kassaye Kifle passed away

Colonel Kassaye Kifle Colonel Kassaye Kifle has passed away on July 14, 2009, after receiving medical treatment at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

Friends and family held a memorial service for him at the Debre Keranio Medhanialem Church in Nashville on July …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airlines says to go ahead with Dreamliner order

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) — Ethiopian Airlines will take all 10 of the Boeing 787 Dreamliners it has ordered, its CEO said on Tuesday, and may buy more planes as it sees medium-term growth of 20 percent in revenues and …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Airlines makes profit despite global turbulence

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Airlines has collected 45pc more revenue in the first eight months of the 2008-09 budget year than it has planned according to its officials.

The phenomenal performance has come during the global economic crisis that has …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian man found in a flight cargo hold at Dulles Airport

CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA (Fox News) — Federal authorities say they’ve discovered a stowaway who arrived at a Washington-area airport in the cargo hold of a flight from Ethiopia.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Steve Sapp says ground personnel …

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News

Ethiopian plans to establish new airline

By Kaleyesus Bekele | Reporter

The Ethiopian Airlines is planning to establish a regional hub in Southern Africa by establishing another airline.

Recently Ethiopian bought a 25 percent stake on ASKY, a newly-established private airline in Togo. Ethiopian is now …

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Ethiopia News