Boeing to help Ethiopian Airlines advance pilot training, manufacturing and aftermarket services

Ethiopian Airlines has enlisted Boeing’s help in advancing Ethiopia’s aviation industry, with the companies agreeing to collaborate on projects related to pilot training, manufacturing and leadership development. The Addis Ababa-based carrier, a longtime Boeing customer, disclosed a new “strategic memorandum of understanding” with Boeing on 30 August, saying the deal will position Ethiopia “as Africa’s aviation hub”. Ethiopian has provided scant details abut the partnership and did not respond to a request for more information. “Ethiopian and Boeing have agreed to work in partnership in four areas of strategic collaboration,” the airline says. Those include “industrial development, advanced aviation training, educational partnership and leadership development, in a span of three years”. Ethiopian says the partnership will focus significantly on building “a 21st century pipeline for aviation careers in Ethiopia”. The companies “will collaborate with highly qualified educational institutions and aviation industry partners to create specialized learning and development programmes to meet workforce demands”, says the airline. “Ethiopian and Boeing desire Ethiopian Aviation Academy to be recognised as a global standard for aviation training.”<br/>