Ethiopian Airlines Flies to New Heights: Wins Prestigious 'Outstanding Tourism Transportation Award' at Africa Tourism Leadership Forum

Addis Ababa, 13 September 2024

Ethiopian Airlines is thrilled to announce that it has been bestowed with the coveted ‘Outstanding Tourism Transportation Award’ at the 2024 Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF) held in Gaborone, Botswana.

This prestigious accolade recognizes tourism transportation organizations that consistently deliver the highest standards of service to travelers while upholding strong sustainability and environmental credentials. The award specifically highlights the most reliable and efficient transportation companies serving all destinations across the African continent, including remote tourism hotspots.

Ethiopian Airlines' triumph is a testament to its unwavering commitment to connecting Africa and the world through a seamless and exceptional travel experience. The airline's extensive global network, coupled with its pioneering initiatives towards sustainability and its dedication to service excellence, played a pivotal role in securing this distinguished recognition.

“We are honoured to receive this prestigious award,” said Mr. Mesfin Tasew, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines. “This recognition validates our unwavering commitment to providing our passengers with the highest quality of service and fostering sustainable tourism across Africa. As a Pan-African and the largest network operator in Africa, our vision has always been to connect Africa to the world, and the world to Africa, and this recognition from ATLF encourages us to set the bar even higher.”

The African Travel and Leadership Forum serves as a premier Pan-African platform, fostering dialogue among pivotal contributors to Africa's travel, tourism, hospitality, and aviation sectors. This forum facilitates networking, the exchange of insights, and the formulation of strategies to bolster intra-continental travel and tourism, thereby augmenting the brand value of "Destination Africa."

The ATLF Awards are distinguished as the inaugural Pan-African accolades dedicated to acknowledging African-driven innovation, excellence, and transformative initiatives within the travel and tourism sphere. Furthermore, Ethiopian Airlines is at the forefront of promoting tourism across Africa. Through its subsidiary, Ethiopian Holidays, it provides an array of travel packages that are integrated with its vast destination network, thus enhancing the interdependent relationship between tourism and air transport.

About Ethiopian

Ethiopian Airlines Group (Ethiopian) is one of the fastest-growing airlines brand globally and the continent’s largest airline brand. In its seventy-eight years of successful operations, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in efficiency and operational success. Ethiopian commands the lion’s share of the African passenger and cargo network operating the youngest and most modern fleet to more than 150 domestic and international passenger and cargo destinations across five continents. Ethiopian’s fleet category consists of ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as Boeing 737s, 777s, 787s, Airbus A350-900 and De Havilland Q400. 

Ethiopian is also pursuing multi-hub strategy through hubs in Lomé, Togo with ASKY, in Lilongwe, Malawi with Malawi Airlines and in Lusaka, Zambia with Zambia Airways. Having achieved its strategic plan (Vision 2025) ahead of time, Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan Vision 2035 that will see it become one of the top 20 most competitive and leading aviation groups in the world. Ethiopian has been champion in various coveted awards including Skytrax’s ‘Best Airline in Africa Award’ for seven consecutive years among others. The airline has been a Star Alliance member since 2011 and has been registering more than threefold growth in the past 10 years.

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