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Flights to Africa - Which African Airlines are Best?

Many of my travel clients in the west expressfirst jet service, from Bole to Nairobi. The
reservations about flying on Africanfollowing day the second Boeing inaugurated a
carriers. With some recent disasters,new route to Madrid, via Asmara and Athens.
cancelled flights and terrible timeMeanwhile the elderly Skytrains and their
performances I share their hesitation. Basedrelated civilian DC-3s continued to fly the
on the need to find safe and efficient airdomestic and cargo services and six further
travel I have started an investigation andDC-3s were bought during the next decade.
found several African carriers to be actuallyDespite their age, these aircraft were
outstanding and even better than some U.S.ideally suited to Ethiopia's rugged terrain
carriers  or  their  European  competitors.and  high  altitude.
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My first choice for air travel in Africa isThe company changed its legal status from a
with Ethiopian Airlines. I've had the goodcorporation to share company. At the same
fortune to work a lot with the airline andtime the title was changed from Ethiopian Air
experience their service firsthand. TheLines  to  Ethiopian  Airlines.
company has a long history that started with
TWA. They have continued to be on the leadingÂ
edge management, performance, service and
fleet modernization since. They are one of1971:
the first to order the Boeing 787
"Dreamliner" and the airport at ADD is theÂ
most modern and well-managed in Africa taking
it's design from Atlanta's Hartsfield. WhatColonel Semret Medhane was appointed general
this means to the traveler is safe,manager, the first Ethiopian to hold the
courteous, comfortable service with efficientposition.
baggage transfer and on-time performance to
meet connections. With an extensive worldwideÂ
network this also means connections
throughout Africa, Europe and Middle East. ET1977:
has flights from IAD to FCO (Washington to
Rome) en route to Addis Ababa and this canÂ
oftentimes be a less expensive than European
and  U.S.  carriers  to get to the continent.A Boeing 720B flight simulator was acquired,
making the airline independent of foreign
Âairlines  for  its  pilot  training.
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Below  is  a  brief  history  of the airline:Â
ÂTwo Boeing 727s were purchased for
medium-range routes, to replace the oldest
8th  April  1946:Boeing  720s.
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The first scheduled flight took place to1982:
Cairo via Asmara in Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
The national airline had been set up a fewÂ
months earlier as Ethiopian Air Lines Inc., a
joint venture with American airline, TWAThe airline bought a third Boeing 727 and two
(Trans World Airlines). Five US Governmentde Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo short-field
surplus C-47 aircraft were purchased fortransports  for  use  on  domestic  services.
venture. Following the successful inaugural
flight to Cairo, a regular weekly service wasÂ
established. Weekly services to Djibouti and
Aden followed, as well as a domestic serviceÂ
to Jimma. Demands for additional services
were so great that towards the end of 1946,Â
four more C-47 Skytrains were purchased.
Since these aircraft were ex-US military,1984:
they had few comforts; all had folding
bench-type canvas seats along the sides, withÂ
the central aisle kept clear so that cargo
could  be  lashed  to  the  floor.Ethiopian Airlines attracted worldwide
attention on 1st June when its first Boeing
Â767 landed at Bole after a
thirteen-and-a-half hour delivery flight from
1947:New York - setting a new world distance
record for commercial twin-jets. The airline,
Âwhich was a launch customer for the new
aircraft, brought two of the advanced, wide
Three more Skytrains were purchased for thebodied B-767 aircraft to replace the ageing
international routes. These were fitted outBoeing 720s. In addition to their 190-seat
in a `luxury' layout with 21 forward facingpassenger capacity the aircraft could carry
seats and were the first to wear the colorful12  tones  of  cargo  in  the  hold.
Ethiopian  Airlines  livery.
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At the end of 1985, when the DC-3/Skytrains
During the late 1940s the route network wasstarted to be withdrawn, the airline still
extended to Nairobi, Port Sudan and Bombay.had nine of these in service, all of them at
Charter flights were also flown to Jeddahleast 40 years old. The last of these
during the Hajj season, carrying pilgrims toaircraft remained in service until October
Makkah.1991. The main replacements were six
18-seater DHC-6 Twin Otters, and - for the
Âbusier domestic routes - two ATR-42sL fast
and  modern  46-seater  aircraft.
1950:
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1989:
Two Convair 240 aircraft were purchased,
followed later by a third, for use on foreignÂ
routes. These higher-performance aircraft had
fully furnished interiors and seats for 36The Cargo Management Department was
passengers. Their pressurized cabins allowedestablished to afford special attention to
the  aircraft to fly higher, in smoother air.the development of the airline's cargo
services. Hitherto the airline had regarded
Âits cargo operations more as a public service
commitment that as a secondary source of
By the end of 1952 the faithful Skytrainsincome.
were still the mainstay for the domestic
routes, linking 21 towns and cities to theÂ
capital and carrying both passengers and
cargo.1995:
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1953:The airline's Engineering Division opened a
new purpose-built jet engine test facility,
Âallowing engines of up to 45,000 kg
(100,000lbs)  thrust  to  be  ground  tested.
Three quarters of the airline's staff were
now Ethiopian but expatriates still held mostÂ
key posts. The Ethiopian government
negotiated and new agreement with TWA withApril  1996:
ultimate aim of operating entirely with
Ethiopian  personnel.Â
ÂAs the airlines celebrated 50th anniversary
the route network stretched from Europe
1957:(London, Frankfurt, and Rome) to China
(Beijing) and Thailand (Bangkok). The Middle
ÂEast and Indian sub-continent were well
represented, and the airline's African routes
The fist Ethiopian commercial aircraftreached Senegal and Ivory Coast in the west,
commander, Alemayehu Abebe, made his soloCairo in the north, and Johannesburg and
flight  as  captain  on  DC-3/C-47  aircraft.Durban in the south. The fleet consisted of
two ATR-42 and four DHC-6 Twin Otters for the
Âdomestic passenger services, one Boeing 737
and four Boeing 757 aircraft for the medium
The National Airline Training Project was setrange passenger services and three Boeing
up with US Government help in Addis Ababa to767s for long-range services. For its cargo
train local pilots, technicians andand non-scheduled services the airline had
supervisory  personnel.one Boeing 707 freighter, one Boeing 757
Freighter, two Lockheed L-100 commercial
ÂHercules  and  one  DHC-5  Buffalo.
The airline established its own maintenanceÂ
facility at Addis Ababa, reducing the need
for maintenance overseas. In subsequent yearsThe pilot training school was equipped with a
the facilities expanded into a well-equippedstate-of-the-art flight simulator,
center for maintenance, overhaul andreplicating the flight deck of the Boeing
modification work on aircraft, engines and767. The simulator was also used to train
avionic systems, not only for its owncrews on the Boeing 757, whose flight deck is
aircraft, but also for other airlines in thesimilar.
region.
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In October 1996 the first of five Fokker 50s
The route network expanded with flights towas acquired to enhance the domestic
Frankfurt.services.
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1958:1998:
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The DC-6B Cloudmasters were purchased. TheseAnother giant leap was made with the launch
four-engined, 71-seat aircraft were used onof a twice-weekly service to Washington - the
the  long-haul  routes.Airline's first destination in the America -
and  New  York  followed  shortly  after.
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The airlines prepared to enter the jet age
and decide that the Boeing 720B best met itsIn February the ShebaMiles frequent flyer
requirements. However, the existing airfieldprogram was launched. Construction started on
serving Addis Ababa - Lidetta, which had beena new, ultra-modern terminal building at Bole
built in 1936 - was not suitable for jetInternational Airport to upgrade passenger
operation, which required a long runway, andservices and cater for an anticipated
a decision was made to construct an entirelyincrease in traffic. In November Scandinavia
new  airport  and  headquarters  at  Bole.was brought into the route network for the
first time with a new service to Copenhagen,
ÂDenmark, along with anew route to Maputo,
Mozambique.
1961:
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2002:
A new east-west service was inaugurated,
linking Addis Ababa with Monrovia in Liberia,Â
via Khartoum and Accra. This was the first
direct air link between east and west AfricaThe airline embarked on a period of sustained
operated  by  any  airline.growth and fleet modernization with plans to
purchase, over the next four years, 12 new
Âaircraft, Six Next-Generation B737-700s and
six 767-300ERs were scheduled to replace the
1962:existing two B737-200s and two B767-200. In
October night operations out of Addis Ababa
Âwere introduced, to supplement the daytime
flights.
By December the new runway and control tower
at bole international Airport wereÂ
operational and two Boeing 720Bs arrived on
their delivery flights. Ethiopian was the2003:
first airline in Africa to order Boeing 720B.
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The new, 3,800 meter runway and control tower
1963:at Bole International Airport become
operation, along with the spacious new
Âairport terminal with its 21st- century
facilities. Renovation of the older terminal
On 15th January the airline inaugurated itsbegan, to serve mainly domestic flights.



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