Emcimbini owawuhlotshiswe ngokuba khona kuka-HE Nkk Susanna Moorehead, iNxusa lase-UK e-Ethiopia, i-Group CEO ye-Ethiopian Airlines, uMnu. Tewolde GebreMariam, izicukuthwane nezimenywa ezimenyiwe, inkampani yezokuthutha ivule izindiza eziya eManchester, okuyindawo yesibili eya e-UK. eduze kwaseLondon. Izindiza ezine zamasonto onke eziya eManchester zizosetshenziswa yi-B787 Dreamliner yesimanjemanje.
Ekhuluma emcimbini wokuvulwa kwale ndawo, UNkk uSusanna Moorehead, Inxusa lase-UK e-Ethiopia uphawule wathi, “Ngingacabanga ukuthi i-Ethiopian Airlines iwuphawu lwe-Ethiopia. Kusemhlabeni jikelele; iyakhula; ukuxhuma abantu; ingongcweti kakhulu, yesimanje; ukubheka phambili kwayo, incane futhi inamandla. Nginenhlanhla eyanele yokuba yinxusa laseBrithani e-Ethiopia. Ukundizela okokuqala eManchester kuwuphawu oluqinile lokujula nobubanzi bobudlelwano phakathi kwe-Ethiopia ne-UK. ”
I-Group CEO ye-Ethiopian Airlines uMnu. Tewolde GebreMariam ngasohlangothini lwakhe uthe, “Kuyintokozo ukuba lapha kusihlwa nje nani ukuze sigubhe ingqopha-mlando emlandweni wethu, ukuvulwa kwedolobha lesibili e-UK, eManchester. Besindizela e-London kusukela ngo-1973, ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-46, ngakho-ke asisanda kufika emakethe yase-UK. Kodwa sijabule kakhulu ukwandisa izinsizakalo zethu eduze nekhasimende laseManchester manje. Namuhla singakwazi ukuhambisa amakhasimende ngendlela elula siye ezindaweni ezingu-60 e-Afrika ngokuxhumana ngokushesha endaweni yethu lapha e-Addis… Ukuxhumana esikusungulayo phakathi kweYurophu ne-Afrika kusiza ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezohwebo, ezokuvakasha kanye nobudlelwano phakathi kwabantu.”
Eminyakeni edlule, umTopiya ubelokhu evula imizila emisha kubandakanya ne-Europe, okuyimanje isebenza ngezindiza ezingama-51 ngesonto. Inkampani yezindiza iphothula amalungiselelo okuqala izinsizakalo kwamanye amazwe ase-Europe kubandakanya iMoscow.
