Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines
የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ
	Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900
Founded	21 December 1945
Commenced operations	8 April 1946
Hubs	Addis Ababa; ;
Secondary hubs	Liège (Ethiopian Airlines Cargo); Lilongwe; Lomé; Lusaka; ;
Frequent-flyer program	ShebaMiles
Alliance	Star Alliance
Subsidiaries	Air Congo 49%; Asky Airlines 27%; Guinea Airways 49%; Malawi Airlines 49%; Zambia Airways 45%; DHL-Ethiopian Airlines Logistics Services S.C. 51%; Ethiopian Sky Technologies 51%; Ethiopian Skylight Hotel 100% ; ;
Fleet size	156
Destinations	161 passenger; 68 cargo; ;
Parent company	Ethiopian Investment Holdings (100%)
Headquarters	Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Key people	Yilma Merdassa (Chairman); Mesfin Tasew (CEO); Adamu Tadele Belay (CFO); Lemma Yadecha (CCO); Retta Melaku (COO);
Founder	Emperor Haile Selassie I
Revenue	(7.02 billion USD) ETB 520 billion(FY 2024)
Net income	ETB 1.049 billion(FY 2012)
Profit	(800 million USD) ETB 44.5 billion(FY 2023)
Total assets	ETB 26.368 billion(FY 2012)
Total equity	ETB 2.772 billion(FY 2012)
Employees	18,000 (November 2023)
Website	ethiopianairlines.com

Ethiopian Airlines (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from Ethiopian Air Lines to Ethiopian Airlines.

The airline has been a member of the International Air Transport Association since 1959 and of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) since 1968. Ethiopian is a Star Alliance member, having joined in December 2011. The company slogan is 'The New Spirit of Africa.' Ethiopian's hub and headquarters are at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, from where it serves a network of 155 passenger destinations—22 of them domestic—and 68 freighter destinations. The airline has secondary hubs in Togo and Malawi. Ethiopian Airlines is Africa's largest airline in terms of passengers carried, destinations served, fleet size, and revenue. Ethiopian Airlines is also the world's fourth-largest airline by the number of countries served. Ethiopian Airlines is a subsidiary of the Ethiopian Airlines Group, which is wholly owned by Ethiopian Investment Holdings, the sovereign wealth fund of Ethiopia.