#AviaDev’s Jon Howell speaks with Tewolde Gebremariam

LISTEN TO JON HOWELL’S LATEST PODCAST RECORDED ABOVE THE CLOUDS ON THE INAUGURAL ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM #MANCHESTER TO #ADDISABABA

(Posted 11th December 2018)

Artwork for Episode 34. Ato Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines. An interview at 36,000 ft

Further to the report earlier today about the inaugural flight from Manchester to Addis Ababa – marking the launch of Ethiopian Airlines’ second destination in the UK – has AviaDev’s Managing Director Jon Howell taken the opportunity to speak with the airline’s CEO Tewolde Gebremariam while on board.

https://atcnews.org/2018/12/11/ethiopian-airlines-launches-manchester-to-addisababa-flights/

Said Jon after arrival in Addis Ababa to ATC News: ‘I sat down with the Group CEO and discussed the Manchester route, SAATM, equity partnerships and asked how he would respond to those who accuse ET of monopolising the African market‘ of course to a good part referring to the increasingly frustrated #KenyaAirways CEO Mikosz, whose recent failures prompted him to lash out at Africa’s most successful airline group.
Listen to what Tewolde had to say about that and how he answered the other questions Jon posed to him …

http://aviadevinsight.libsyn.com/episode-34-ato-tewolde-gebremariam-group-ceo-ethiopian-airlines-an-interview-at-36000-ft?tdest_id=838439

This special episode was recorded on 11th December onboard the Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner B787 on the day the airline launched it’s 4 weekly flights from MAN-ADD via BRU.

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