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In this round, 90 graduates are from Cabin Crew and Catering, 84 from Commercial and Ground Operations Training School and the rest are trained on Equipment and Facility Maintenance.
Group Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Tewolde GebreMariam, at a ceremony held recently, stressed that education is the greatest equalizer in our highly integrated world today. And for this reason, the airline is putting great emphasis in training young Ethiopians and their African brothers and sisters in order to enable them develop the required global standard qualification to fly successful African Airlines.
Tewolde said: “We are very proud of our Aviation Academy’s achievements and global standard capabilities in various professions in the Aviation industry. In line with our vision 2025, we are expanding the capacity of the Academy to accommodate from 1,000 today to 4,000 students by 2025.
“Today’s graduation is a continuation of this long journey. I take
this opportunity to congratulate the graduates and their families and
friends. I also thank the Academy staff for their hard work and
achievements,” he said.
Ethiopian Aviation Academy is certified by the Ethiopian Civil
Aviation Authority, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and IATA Safety Audit (IOSA).
The Academy has been providing training for pilots, aircraft maintenance
technicians, cabin crew, marketing personnel and leadership development
trainees for Ethiopians and other nationals from Africa, Middle East
and Asia for more than seven decades.
In a related development, Ethiopian Airlines will host the ICAO
Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS Symposium with the theme:
“Together, Enhancing Training to Build Capacity” at the seat of the
African Union, Addis Ababa from April 11 through 13, 2017.
