Ethiopia - Ethiopian Airlines Receives Four New Pilot Training Aircraft

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has received four DA40NG pilot training aircraft on November 30,2010.
The air crafts are part of the ten DA40NG training aircraft Ethiopian purchased at a total cost of EUR3.7 million in July 2010 from Diamond Aircraft Industries, Austrian Aircraft manufacturer. The rest of aircraft will be delivered successively in the coming months until March 2011.DA40NG, glass cockpit and a single engine training aircraft, is powered by AE300 engine which is designed to perform well in high altitude. It also uses Jet A1 fuel instead of Avgas that has a better economic advantage.These brand new aircraft will enhance the on-going pilot training at Ethiopian Aviation Academy to the highest international level for Ethiopian and other African Airlines cadet flight crews. Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy has become a powerful source of the African aviation training. The Academy is committed to developing and providing a competent workforce for Ethiopian Airlines in particular and the aviation industry for the region in general. The academy runs concurrent training and development programs covering pilots, cabin crew, technicians and conducts comprehensive courses in marketing and leadership management. Since its establishment in 1964, the Pilot Training School has graduated over 822 pilots about a third of which are trainees from 43 countries in Africa and Middle East.