One of the secrets of our success is that, for over 60 years, we have developed and operated a unique centre for the training of our own staff and those of other airlines as well.

The Aviation Training Center was first inaugurated in 1956 to provide training for cabin crew, pilots, maintenance technicians and other staff members in marketing and finance. Over the years, the Center underwent many phases of development to meet the huge advances in aviation technology resulting in the creation of various independent training units. As of last year, these units have been organized under the new Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), the mandate of which is not only to train and retrain our personnel, but also to provide training opportunities for employees of other airlines. The Academy has since introduced additional courses to cover the training needs of commercial, administrative and management staff. At present, the Academy has over 340 trainees, 60 of which are from other airlines in Africa and Asia.

A combination of high tech equipment and highly skilled professional instructors keep the training standard consistently high. The B757/767 Simulator that we have been using since 1994 has now been supplemented by a new NG737-800 Simulator that will raise Ethiopian’s training capacity to an even higher standard. The new, fully computerized simulator can be quickly adapted to different cockpit and engine configurations to suit most of our customers.

The products of Ethiopian’s training efforts are now spread over many countries of Africa, the Middle East and Asia serving the world’s air transport community. This in itself is proof of the Academy’s invaluable contribution to the ever growing success of Ethiopian.

As you relax and enjoy your flight, you can rest assured that you are in good hands with Ethiopian. On behalf of the entire Ethiopian team, I thank you for choosing to fly with us.

Girma Wake
Chief Executive Officer

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