Air : the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Air Force is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ethiopian Airlines

The Ethiopian government has appointed the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Air Force as Chairman of the Board of Ethiopian Airlines.

General Yilma Merdessa, who had been on the Board since January 2021, replaced Girma Wake, 79, a veteran of the Ethiopian national airline and the African airline industry, on 8 June.

Founded in 1945, Ethiopian Airlines today operates a fleet of 144 aircraft and serves 131 destinations. It carried 8.6 million passengers in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, making it Africa’s leading airline in terms of fleet and passengers. It recorded a profit of 937 million dollars for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.