Ethiopian Airlines Group wins best airline award in Africa

Ethiopian Airlines Group has been honoured as the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the third consecutive year at the Skytrax 2019 World Airlines Awards held in Paris recently.

Also, Ethiopian Airlines won ‘Best Business Class in Africa’ and ‘Best Economy Class in Africa’ at the award ceremony.

Speaking on the awards, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr Tewolde GebreMariam  said “we are glad to have been named the ‘Best Airline in Africa, ‘Best Business Class in Africa’ and ‘Best Economy Class in Africa’ which are determined based on the votes of travellers.

“I would like to sincerely thank our global customers for the strong and consistent vote of confidence. Thanks to the entire colleagues of Ethiopian Airlines, who have always invested extraordinary efforts to make their customers happy.

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“We have grown to more than 120 destinations worldwide with 115 ultra-modern aircraft in air fleets, offering excellent connectivity with one of the best travel experiences that helped us become the best airline in Africa and one of the frontrunners in the world.

“As a customer focused and market driven airline, we always striven to meet and exceed customers’ expectations through our signature service and world-class products.” Skytrax is the most prestigious global air transport rating organisation that conducts the world’s largest annual airline passenger satisfaction survey where customers make their own personal choices as to which airline they consider to be the best.

Ethiopian Airlines is a multi-award winning airline and has previously received SKYTRAX ‘s World Airline Award for Best Airline Staff in Africa, two times and ‘Best Airline in Africa, ‘Best Business Class in Africa’ and ‘Best Economy Class in Africa’ 2018.