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Ethiopia is to invite international consultants to perform a study to facilitate the transformation of the newly corporate Ethiopian Shipping Lines and Logistics Service Enterprise.

The government has already prepared the bid documents and the Term of Reference to be made public in three weeks according to sources.

The study is expected to strengthen the management of the new enterprise to achieve a higher level of competence said the sources.

Operators in the tour and travel sector in Ethiopia protested against the revocation of duty free privileges enacted by the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority.

The association representing Tour and Travel companies said the decision to revoke the duty free status of vehicles imported by players in the sector was unfair and requested an intervention from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to mediate the situation.

ERCA reached the decision because most of the vehicles imported by Tour and Travel companies are not being used for the purposes intended according to a letter signed by Gebrewahid Gebregiorgis, Deputy Director of the tax authority.

The Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy graduated 12 pilots, 60 flight attendants and 125 aviation maintenance technicians last week.

The Academy contributes significantly to the success of the airline by preparing trained manpower in all sectors said Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive of the airline speaking on the occasion.

Ethiopian Airlines expects to employ 17 thousand personnel by the year 2025 and most of these employees will be graduates for the Aviation Academy he said.

Ethiopia Airlines plans to add 14 more new aircraft to its fleet this year as part of efforts to increase revenues by five fold in 2025 according to Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive of the airline.

The company is an a phase of ‘fast growth’ targeting annual sales of 10 billion US dollars by the end of its Vision 2025 plan, which also entails increasing its fleet to 120 aircraft said Tewolde.

The airline is committed to re-investing profits in financing infrastructural development and in building a new fleet which means considerable investment he said.