Lo mklomelo uklonyeliswa kubaphathi bezindiza esibe nomthelela omkhulu kunawo wonke embonini yezindiza, okukhombisa ukucabanga kwamasu okuvelele kanye nesiqondiso esisha sokukhula kwebhizinisi labo kanye nemboni.
Abaphathi bezindiza emhlabeni wonke bangafunda lukhulu kuTewolde GebreMariam osize ukuletha inzuzo eqhubekayo Ama-Ethiopian Airlines. Ube yi-group CEO ngoJanuwari 2011, kodwa ngaphambi kwalokho ubebambe izikhundla ezahlukene zobuholi ezigabeni ezahlukene endizeni yezindiza okuhlanganisa i-Ethiopian Cargo, amahhovisi endawo kanye nokudayisa nokumaketha. Eqinisweni, manje useqede umsebenzi weminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-35 eqale njenge-ejenti yezokuthutha emuva ngo-1985.
Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, i-Ethiopian Airlines igqame ezihlweleni zase-Afrika futhi manje izama ukuthuthukisa amakhono ezwekazi njengoba ikhula ngokubambisana namanye amazwe ase-Afrika ukuze kwakhiwe ukuxhumana okudingeka kakhulu phakathi kwe-Afrika.
Lo nyaka ubunzima kubo bonke abathintekayo enkampanini yezindiza kulandela ingozi kaMashi 2019 ye-'ET302', nokulahlekelwa bonke abagibeli abangu-157 kanye nezisebenzi zasemkhunjini, umcimbi owaholela ekumisweni kwendiza i-Boeing 737 MAX.
USihlalo we-CAPA u-Emeritus Peter Harbison uthe: “UTewolde GebreMariam usephenduke umdondoshiya kwezokundiza e-Afrika emashumini eminyaka adlule. Uqondise inkampani yezindiza engasenalutho ukuba ibe amandla amakhulu omhlaba, enemikhumbi yesimanje nokusebenza okusezingeni lomhlaba. Kulo nyaka odlule uphonselwe inselelo kanzima kulandela ingozi ye-MAX, futhi uvela nedumela eliqine nakakhulu. Siyaziqhenya ngokumethula le ndondo futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuthi aqhubeke nokuhola inkampani yezindiza ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu.”
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Ethiopian Airlines Group u-Tewolde GebreMariam uthe: “Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ngokuthola indondo futhi ngibonga kakhulu i-CAPA ngokuhlonishwa. Thina bantu base-Ethiopia sizuze izigigaba ezinkulu njengomkhaya owodwa. Ngifuna ukunikezela lo mklomelo kozakwethu: amadoda nabesifazane abanesibindi abangaphezu kuka-16,000 emhlabeni wonke abahlala bephonsela inselelo ukuthi bakhuphukele phezulu benomqondo wokuthi isinyathelo ngasinye abasithathayo singaba umlando omusha kanye nengqopha-mlando ebhizinisini lezindiza lanamuhla lekhulu lama-21. ”
