The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines Tewolde GebreMariam has expressed the group\u2019s readiness to partner with Ghana to help rebuild national airlines.<\/p>\n
According to him, the plan is part of the group\u2019s agenda to expand its reach in West Africa by owning a substantial part of sub-region\u2019s aviation industry.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi Business News<\/strong> the Mr. GebreMariam stated that it is time for Africa to increase its stake of 3 percent control in the aviation industry.<\/p>\n Recounting the good days of the defunct Ghana Airways, Mr. GebreMariam said that Ghana used to lead in the sub region with its national carrier flying to Europe and America.<\/p>\n \u201cGhana Airways used to be a very successful airline about 32 years ago when Ethiopian Airlines was also operating successfully. We knew Ghana Airways was doing a good job, flying to New York and to London and so on. Unfortunately, towards the end it was having problems and so was closed. This is really a very serious concern to Africans because we want to see African countries having their national carriers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He stated that with the commercial value of the aviation industry, it is important for West African countries to participate in the industry to increase Africa\u2019s share of about 3 percent.<\/p>\n Countries like Ghana, Nigeria should\u00a0 have very strong national carriers. Ethiopian Airlines is really trying to help in that endeavor. I am sure you\u00a0 know that some seven years ago in 2010, We came and we established an airline in Togo called Asky Airlines, Asky means African Sky. It is meant to serve the sub regional community here, the ECOWAS community and Central Africa.<\/p>\n He maintained that Ethiopian Airlines has always demonstrated its readiness to invest in West African aviation industry.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By:Lawrence Segbefia\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines Tewolde GebreMariam has expressed the group\u2019s readiness to partner with Ghana to help rebuild national airlines. According to him, the plan is part of the group\u2019s agenda to expand its reach in West Africa by owning a substantial part of sub-region\u2019s aviation industry. Speaking to Citi Business […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,171],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n