Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Ethiopian Airlines e hoʻolana ʻekolu manawa no kēlā me kēia pule i Jakarta, Indonesia, ma Iulai 17, 2018, e lilo ia i mea mua no ka lawelawe mai ʻApelika a Indonesia. E hoʻolālā ka mokulele i ka Boeing 787-8 ma kēia ala.
ʻO ka lālā o ka G-20, Indonesia, ʻo ia ka lāhui nui loa o ka honua i ka honua a me ka ʻoihana waiwai nui he 4 ma ka honua. Me kēia lawelawe hou, e lawelawe ʻo ʻAitiopia i nā ʻāina āpau a puni ka honua i 10.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO ʻo Ethiopian Airlines Group, ʻo Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam: "Nui hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi lawelawe pololei i Jakarta, ka pilina pololei mua ma waena o ʻApelika a me Indonesia a me nā huakaʻi mua i Jakarta e kekahi mea lawe ʻApelika. ʻO kā mākou lawelawe hou e hoʻopaʻa hou i ko mākou paepae ulu e ulu nei ma ʻAsia a e ʻae iā mākou e noho i ka mea i wae ʻia no nā mea huakaʻi e hoʻopili ana ma waena o ʻApelika a me ʻAsia.
"ʻO Indonesia kekahi o nā ʻāina i noho nui ʻia ma ka honua me ka hoʻokele waiwai e ulu wikiwiki ana a me kahi kikowaena hana e ulu nei. I nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke kālepa ʻApelika a me Indonesia, ka hoʻokele waiwai a me nā pilina hoʻokipa e ulu i kahi ala exponential a e hāʻawi kā kā mākou huakaʻi kūleʻa i kahi kōkua nui i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka laulima o Africa-Indonesia.
"Hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻonui i kā mākou huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā me ka wikiwiki loa e kūlike me kā mākou Vision 2025 strategic roadmap o ka hoʻopili ʻana iā ʻApelika me nā kikowaena kālepa nui o ka honua ma o kā mākou pūnaewele wikiwiki e hoʻonui nei."
