Ma kahi hui kala i hoʻonani ʻia e ka noho ʻana o HE Mrs Susanna Moorehead, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ʻAitiopa, Luna Nui o ka Hui ʻAitiopa, ʻo Mr. kokoke i Lākana. ʻO ka lele ʻehā pule i Manchester e hoʻokele ʻia e ka ultra-modern B787 Dreamliner.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hanana hoʻomaka, ua ʻōlelo ʻo HE Mrs Susanna Moorehead, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ʻAitiopa, "Manaʻo wau ʻo Ethiopian Airlines he hōʻailona o ʻAitiopa. He honua; ke ulu nei; hoʻohui kanaka; he 'oihana ki'eki'e, 'ano hou; ʻo kona nānā ʻana i mua, kona ʻōpio a me ka ikaika. Laki wau i ka ʻelele Pelekane i ʻAitiopa. ʻO ka lele hoʻomaka i Manchester he hōʻailona ikaika o ka hohonu a me ka laulā o ka pilina ma waena o ʻAitiopa a me UK.
ʻO ka Luna Nui o ka hui ʻo Ethiopian Airlines ʻo Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam ma kāna ʻaoʻao, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "He mea hauʻoli e noho ma ʻaneʻi i kēia ahiahi me ʻoe e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kahi mea nui i ko mākou moʻolelo, ʻo ka wehe ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale ʻelua ma UK, Manchester. Ua lele mākou i Ladana mai 1973, ʻoi aku ma mua o 46 mau makahiki, no laila ʻaʻole mākou he mea hou i ka mākeke UK. Akā, hauʻoli nui mākou e hoʻonui i kā mākou lawelawe kokoke i ka mea kūʻai aku ma Manchester i kēia manawa. I kēia lā hiki iā mākou ke huakaʻi maʻalahi i ka mea kūʻai aku i 60 mau wahi ma ʻApelika me kahi pilina pili koke i kā mākou hub ma Addis…
I loko o nā makahiki, ua wehe ʻo ʻAitiopa i nā ala hou me ʻEulopa, kahi e lawelawe nei me 51 mau mokulele i ka pule. Ke hoʻopau nei ka Airline i nā hoʻomākaukau e hoʻomaka i nā lawelawe i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻEulopa me Moscow.
