Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, has trained eight pilots to operate the 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing Flight Services 
campus at Gatwick, London. The airline is training additional batches of trainees to qualify for the Dreamliner at the same facility.
Ethiopian Airlines pilots are the first African pilots to qualify to fly the Dreamliner making this a milestone in the history of the airline said Capitan Desta Zeru, Senior Vice President of Flight Operations with Ethiopian.
Boeing Flight Services is pleased to support Ethiopian Airlines enhance their business with the 787 Dreamliner said Roei Ganzarski, Chief Customer Officer. The Boeing Edge is intended to offer world class training for a world class airplane according to Ganzarski.The training program for the Boeing 787 makes use of an innovative suite of training devices which include flight training device, a full-flight simulator and desk simulation station to qualify pilots to fly the Dreamliner.
Source: Ethiopian Airlines Press Release
