Ethiopian Airlines has lost $28 million in domestic flights this year.
The airline said it has been resisting pressure by purchasing spare parts in foreign currency to stabilize the domestic price.
This comes at a time when Ethiopian Airlines has overcome all these challenges and earned a total of $7.6 billion in revenue this year.
Despite the dollar exchange rate having more than doubled, it has not made any significant increases to provide domestic flight services, except for a small increase, and in fact, it has lost $28 million, it said.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Ato Mesfin Tassew explained that this practice will not continue.
Ethiopian Airlines said that the security risk at Bole Airport is also high.
The airline cited the increase in the number of eagle collisions as the reason for the increase in the risk.
The number of vultures is increasing at Bole International Airport, which has raised security concerns, said CEO Ato Mesfin Tasew.
The airline said it is also consulting with the Addis Ababa City Administration to resolve this problem.
The airline said it is working with stakeholders to ensure that there are no widespread garbage areas, sewage areas, slaughterhouses and other areas that attract vultures near Bole International Airport, where planes land and take off.
Although Ethiopian Airlines’ aircraft spare parts problem is improving, it is still facing a severe shortage of aircraft spare parts, and planes that should have been flown are being grounded.
We have heard that the QR-400 aircraft, which is used for domestic flights, is facing a severe shortage of spare parts.
Regarding domestic flights, the price is expensive and what are you doing to improve the service? The CEO was asked; Due to the shortage of aircraft, we are not providing the service as much as we can, but sometimes we fly the aircraft we have prepared for international flights.
Regarding the price, although the price of domestic flights has more than doubled in the dollar exchange rate, the airline has lost $28 million this year; it is said that this will not continue.
He said that he is also studying to bring in new aircraft to increase domestic flights.
He said that this year he has passed all these tests and earned a total of $7.6 billion.
We have heard that this has shown an eight percent increase compared to the previous year.
He said that the airline has established a partnership with an airline called Air Congo to expand its international operations.
Ethiopian Airlines has also stopped flying to Eritrea for security and other reasons; Although we planned to fly to Goma and other cities, flights were reportedly disrupted or canceled.
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- Yewef Gojo
