{UAH} Ethiopian Aviation Academy Graduates 130 Professionals

Ethiopian Aviation Academy Graduates 130 Professionals

5 MARCH 2014

The Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduated 21 pilots, 21 aviation technicians, 68 marketing professionals and 20 cabin crew on Tuesday (March 4). Ethiopian's Chief Operating Officer, Ato Mesfin Tassew, gave diplomas to all the graduates as well as flight wings to graduating pilots and cabin crew.

The graduates included one Swiss pilot trainee and 19 cabin crew trainees from other African countries, Togo, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Guinea. Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the Chief Executive Office of Ethiopian, Tewolde Gebremariam said Ethiopian was a prime symbol of Africa and a notable example of Africa's excellence in air transport.

He pointed out it was dedicated to expand and push forward capacity building efforts through its Academy, the leading Pan African aviation academy on the African continent. He said the graduation of trainees from six sisterly African countries was a manifestation of Ethiopian's dedication to serve Africa in leading the skills revolution and in providing quality training with the objective of deploying adequate professionals for the continent's air transport.

Ethiopian, he said, had spent US$55 million expanding the capacity of its aviation academy from 200 trainees to over a 1,000 in the last two years, and it planned to increase the training capacity to over 4,000 trainees annually by 2025.

The Ethiopian Aviation Academy has made impressive progress in bolstering and expanding capacity building for trainees with the aim of producing sufficient skilled professionals for Ethiopia, for Africa and beyond. This will enable Ethiopian to keep up its reputation for sustained profitability and reliability throughout the world.

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

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