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Zimbabwe Tourism Authority assigned Ethiopian Airlines as the official carrier of the Authority’s international customers and journalists who would fly to attend the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Center. The airline will be flying from London to Joshua Mqabuko International Airport via Addis Ababa carrying visitors of the expo which will be held from 13 to 15 October this year.

Ethiopian Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the full suite of avionics equipment for its new and growing fleet of Boeing 777s, which currently includes 10 aircraft. The selection includes Rockwell Collins’ MultiScan™ Threat Detection System, GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR), Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS II) and SATCOM.

Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, sold five Fokker 50 aircraft to Fortran Aviation Limited a Singaporean company.

The Fokker 50 aircraft were sold in the continued efforts to modernize the airlines said Tewolde Gebremariam Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines.

The Fokker 50s will be operated by a new airline, Pacific Royale, explained Tewolde. The first Fokker was to be delivered by the end of December according to Tewolde.

Ethiopian Airlines said that it had completed a study to commence construction of a mega project called “Airport City” in Oromia Regional State in the 2022/2023 fiscal year. The project will include modern hotels, duty free shopping centers and, a cargo logistics center and take USD 5 billion to be completed.

The flag carrier of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Airlines, is showing the Logo of star alliance on all its aircraft. Star Alliance will officially welcome Ethiopian airlines in ceremony to held on December 13 in Addis Ababa.

The ceremony is expected to be attended by executives of the Star Alliance and CEOs from the member airlines.

Ethiopian Airlines will be able to access 21,410 daily flights to 189 countries as part of an existing network consisting of 4382 aircraft, 409,152 employees and 652.24 million passengers per annum and 160.3 billion US dollars in sales revenue.