THE ethiopian authorities named the air power chief of workers Ethiopian to the perform of Chairman of the Board of Administrators ofEthiopian Airways.

THE Common Yilma Merdessa, who had served on the Board of Administrators since January 2021, changed since June 8 Girma Wake, 79, a veteran of the Ethiopian nationwide airline and the African air sector. Ethiopian Airways didn’t specify the explanations for the departure of Girma Wake, who joined Ethiopian Airways in 1965 the place he had held numerous positions and of which he had chaired the Board of Administrators since March 2022.

Common Yilma has been answerable for Ethiopia’s air power since June 21, 2018, appointed to his publish by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed two months after he got here to energy. Based in 1945, Ethiopian Airways immediately operates a fleet of 144 plane and flies to 131 locations. Having transported 8.6 million passengers throughout the 2021-2022 fiscal 12 months, it’s subsequently the primary African firm by way of fleet and passengers. It recorded a revenue of 937 million {dollars} within the fiscal 12 months 2021-2022.

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