The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mesfin Tasew, has accused the immediate past administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari of
LEADERSHIP reports that the Former Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika had floated the airline on May 27 2023 as it was later discovered that an aircraft belonging to ET was used to conduct a demonstration flight against the dictate of the process for the establishment of a new airline.
Tasew said, “Ethiopian Airlines didn’t have any intention or plan to setup an airline in Nigeria. In May, of 2022, when I took my current responsibility , a request came from the Nigerian government asking Ethopian Airlines to participate in a bid and help the Nigerian government to setup a Nigerian flag carrier. It came in writing.“Initially, we didn’t want to go into that. We said we have other initiatives in other countries and we were busy.
“At one point, the leadership of Nigeria Air, which doesn’t include Ethiopian Airlines, asked us to bring aircraft painted with Nigerian logo to facilitate the progress of the Air Operators’ Certificate. So, we agreed with that, we took out one of our aircraft, we painted it with Nigerian logo, we flew it, it was for demonstration by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for their inspection. So, after two days, we brought back the aircraft, repainted it with Ethiopian logo and it is flying.
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