A firsT Of AfriCA!

BA in Tourism and Hospitality Management: Travel and tourism is a significant wing of the aviation industry. World air travel is expected to increase demand for tourism and hospitality managers over the next decade.

MBA in Aviation Management and M.Sc. in Data Science: The university will offer two postgraduate degrees. Using big data and analytics has become integral to an airline's operations. EAU will train the next generation of managers and data scientists.

The group is committed to developing aviation in Africa. It will groom talent and professionals within the airline and provide opportunities for citizens around the continent. This will help Ethiopian and its partner airlines as the next generation prepares for innovation. Mr Kassie added.

"We have been operating a successful airline, and we want to transfer the success to our students. That will help Ethiopian Airlines as well as other partner airlines in Africa. We're not going to lead this airline forever. We have to develop people who can manage our lead better and bring new ideas. We can be more successful when we teach our experiences, and then they innovate and make it better. So we get better every day. When we teach, we mean it for Africa, not only for Ethiopian Airlines, we cannot grow alone."

Feeding the Production Line

Ethiopian Aviation university aims to develop competent engineers and aviation professionals that can feed the aerospace manufacturing industry in Africa and elsewhere. The university will enable the aviation sector in Africa to create new products rather than maintain existing ones.

The institution will employ internationally renowned professors to ensure students receive the highest quality of education. There will be a primary and secondary professor to ensure the concepts taught in class are applied well in the field. The university will also use veteran and experienced leaders and engineers of

Ethiopian Airlines to teach their experiences, in addition to primary professors who will teach concepts and theories.

Ethiopian Aviation University is one of the few universities which do have modern airplanes like B787, B777, A350, modern simulators, workshops, airline process and procedures in the group to practically demonstrate what has been thought in class.

Partnering with Various Stakeholders

Ethiopian partners with various airlines and other stakeholders across the African continent. EAU is fully owned and operated by Ethiopian Airlines. However, it is open for partnering with other institutions or airlines for the betterment of the aviation industry of Africa. The acting President added;

"Our development strategy is to partner with African companies, training centres, universities, airlines, airports, and so on. Look, we truly believe in the importance of partnership. So partnering will make all of us better, and it will be a winwin for all partners. So we love to have reliable partners who are serious about the importance of developing human resources for their Organization."

The group will be looking for partners in areas where there is potential for development and demand for its products. The African aviation market has almost fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, so great potential is waiting to be unlocked. Ethiopian Airlines' commitment to continental development is unprecedented. It plans almost to double its fleet over the next ten years and vastly expand its global network. The development of Ethiopian Aviation University will be essential to making ET one of the most prominent airline groups in the world.