ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES GROUP CEO WELCOMES FRENCH MINISTER
(Posted 24th July 2019)
A French delegation led by the French Minister of Economy & Finance Bruno Le Maire visited Ethiopian Airlines on Monday July 22nd. Upon their arrival at EthiopianAirlines head quarters was the delegation welcomed by Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mr Tewolde GebreMariam and the Executive Management team.
Discussions were held at Ethiopian Airlines headquarters between the delegation and the Ethiopian Airlines Executive Management on the areas of partnerships and cooperation between the airline and French companies.
Commenting on the areas of the discussion, H.E. Bruno Le Maire remarked, “The recent launch of a flight to Marseille by Ethiopian Airlines is indicative of the growing partnership between Ethiopia and France. There is a huge potential for further partnership in aviation related areas.”
Mr Tewolde GebreMariam on his part remarked, “It is a special privilege and honor for us to meet with H.E. Mr. Bruno in our Headquarters and we highly appreciate his visit. We, at Ethiopian Airlines, are very happy on our partnership with the French Government and various French global companies like Airbus, Safran, Thales, ADPI (Air Port De Paris International). We are working together to expand our partnership to the next level. Our Airbus fleet is growing very fast with twelve A-350 in service and 12 on order. We are also evaluating other airplane models from Airbus. The recent addition of the beautiful City of Marseille to our fast-growing network of 121 international destinations is also a very strong sign of a growing relationship between Ethiopia and France.”
The discussion broadly covered areas of cooperation and partnership in airport expansion, duty free facilities and in-flight entertainment, among other topics on the agenda.
Ethiopian Airlines recently expanded their service in France with the launch of flights to Marseille, its second destination after Paris, on July 02nd.
