Ethiopian Airlines appoints Cargo Manager amid rising in delivery services

Ethiopian Airline has recorded total cargo transportation of 644,000 tonnes across its network in 2020, with a tonnage of 49,000 IN/OUT of Nigeria in 2020.

A development, which many industry stakeholders believe has encouraged the firm to appoint a new cargo Manager, Mr Solomon Mekonnen, o as to serve Nigeria with this enhanced cargo capacity.

He will be based in Lagos and will supervise the cargo operations in Nigeria. Ethiopian Airlines already has daily freight services to Nigeria in addition to the passenger services for which it is well regarded in Nigeria.

Mr Solomon Mekonnen has worked in various capacities since joining ET in 2006. He had worked as cargo Supervisor, Cargo Sales Manager in Addis Ababa and Traffic and Sales Manager in Enugu.

Ethiopian Airlines has an Immense Capacity for Cargo. It has been winning Most of the available industry awards in 2020. It adopted some of its planes to do cargo, it has 576, 800Kg Belly Hold Capacity from 83 passenger aircraft. It has a dedicated freight fleet of 10 B777 and 2 B737.

With the largest cargo terminal in Africa at Addis Ababa Airport with all cargo capability, ET has been identified as the first choice for vaccine distribution by most countries.

Ethiopian Airlines has been flying to Nigeria since 1960 and has become one of the most reliable airlines for Nigerian passengers. It uses the most advanced and brand new aircraft for its flights to Lagos and Abuja.

It was the first airline to introduce B787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 to Nigeria. It was the only international airline to fly to Kaduna when Abuja airport was closed. It was the only international airline to serve Enugu Airport until it was closed for runway repairs.