Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Ethiopian Airlines e hoʻomau i nā lawelawe pololei i Singapore ma 25 Malaki 2023.
E hoʻohana ʻia ka mokulele i ʻehā mau manawa o ka pule me Boeing 787 Dreamliner mokulele.
E pili ana i ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o nā mokulele, ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO Mesfin Tasew ʻo ʻAitiopa: "ʻOliʻoli mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou lawelawe i Singapore, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Malaki 2020 ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID. E hoʻonui hou ka mokulele i kā mākou pūnaewele ma Asia a hana i ka pilina o ka ea no nā poʻe e holo ana ma waena o ʻApelika a me Singapore. ʻO ka lele hou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kālepa, hoʻopukapuka kālā, a me nā pilina mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o ʻApelika a me Singapore. E like me kā mākou hoʻolālā no ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele a puni ka honua, e hoʻomau mākou i ka wehe ʻana i nā ala hou e hoʻonui ai i ka pilina ma waena o ʻApelika a me ke koena o ka honua ma o Addis Ababa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lim Ching Kiat, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Air Hub Development o CAG, "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana. Hawaiian Airlines i ʻO Changi Airport hou. Ua koho mau ʻia ʻo Ethiopian Airlines ma ke ʻano he mokulele maikaʻi loa ma ʻApelika, a ua pili ka pūnaewele mai kāna kikowaena Addis Ababa me nā wahi ʻoi aku ma mua o 63 ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika. ʻO kēia lele ma waena o Singapore a me ʻAitiopa e hāʻawi i nā koho huakaʻi hou aku no nā poʻe holo mai ko mākou ʻāina e kipa aku i ʻApelika. No ka nui o Singaporeans, hiki i ʻAitiopa ke lilo i wahi huakaʻi hoʻomaha hou no ka mea e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i nā mea hoʻokipa he nui mai nā wahi mōʻaukala e like me Axum a hiki i ka ʻike honua kūlohelohe e like me Simien Mountains a me Blue Nile falls.
ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Changi ʻo Singapore kekahi o nā kikowaena mokulele honua nui me nā ʻoihana mokulele hou loa a ʻo kekahi o nā lawelawe hoʻoili hub maikaʻi loa. ʻO Singapore kekahi o nā ʻoihana kālā nui ma ka honua.
ʻO ʻAitiopa Airlines, ʻo Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL) ma mua, ʻo ia ka mea lawe hae o ʻAitiopa, 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 firm 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 1968. ʻO ʻAitiopa he lālā Star Alliance, i hui pū ʻia ma Dekemaba 2011. ʻO ka slogan hui ʻo The New Spirit of Africa.
Aia ka hub a me ke keʻena nui o ʻAitiopa ma Bole International Airport ma Addis Ababa, kahi e lawelawe ai i kahi pūnaewele o 125 mau wahi kaʻa kaʻa—20 o lākou i loko o ka hale—a me 44 mau wahi ukana.
Aia ka mokulele i nā hub lua ma Togo a me Malawi. ʻO ʻAitiopa ka mokulele nui loa o ʻApelika ma ke ʻano o ka poʻe i lawe ʻia, nā wahi i lawelawe ʻia, ka nui o nā ʻauwaʻa, a me ka loaʻa kālā.
