Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Ethiopian Airlines i kēia ʻōlelo paʻi i kēia lā:
"ʻO ka Luna Nui o ka Hui Hawaiian Airlines ua kuhi hewa ʻia e ka media a ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻo Ethiopian Airlines ka mea mua e hui pū ai i ka papahana Air Nigeria. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ʻAitiopa, ma ke ʻano he mokulele Pan-Africa, ua hōʻike i ka makemake e hui pū i ka papahana a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea i noʻonoʻo ʻia e ke Aupuni Nigerian.
ʻO Ethiopian Airlines, ʻo Ethiopian Air Lines ma mua (EAL) a i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ʻAitiopa wale nō, ʻo ia ka mea lawe hae o ʻAitiopia a nona piha i ke aupuni o ka ʻāina. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo EAL ma 21 Dekemaba 1945 a hoʻomaka i nā hana ma 8 ʻApelila 1946, e hoʻonui ana i nā mokulele honua ma 1951. Ua lilo ka ʻoihana i hui ʻāpana ma 1965 a hoʻololi i kona inoa mai Ethiopian Air Lines i Ethiopian Airlines. He lālā ka mokulele o ka International Air Transport Association mai 1959 a me ka African Airlines Association (AFRAA) mai ka makahiki 1968. He lālā ʻo ʻAitiopia ʻo Star Alliance, i hui pū ʻia ma Dekemaba 2011.
Aia kona hub a me ke keʻena nui ma Bole International Airport ma Addis Ababa, kahi e lawelawe ai i kahi pūnaewele o 125 mau wahi kaʻa kaʻa—20 o lākou ma ka home—a me 44 mau wahi ukana. Aia ka mokulele i nā hub lua ma Togo a me Malawi. Lele ʻo ʻAitiopa i nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ʻApelika ma mua o nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia kekahi o nā ʻoihana wikiwiki loa i ka ʻoihana a ʻo ia ka mea nui loa ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “The Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines was misquoted by the media and never said Ethiopian Airlines is the frontrunner to partner in the Nigeria Air project.
- It is one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry and is the largest on the African continent.
- Ethiopian Airlines, formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL) and often referred to as simply Ethiopian, is Ethiopia’s flag carrier and is wholly owned by the country’s government.
