Ethiopian Civil Aviation Archives

Ethiopia to build Eight airports and Heliports by private companies. Following the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority's guidelines for the construction and management of airports, which were only carried out by the federal government, private investors, regional and city administrations, developers who showed interest in building eight airports and heliports have submitted applications to the authority. The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority Deputy Director General of Aviation Regulation Misrak Tilahun said that the authority has received eight applications since it came into operation in September after passing a directive allowing private investors, regional and city governments to build airports, paved landings and…

Air Express Africa Plc, a privately owned company, received its air transport service license from the Ethiopian civil aviation industry regulator on Friday. The authority said the license was issued after the company successfully completed the registration process, involving five phases. These phases are pre-application, formal application, Document evaluation and Inspection and finally Certification. Captain Nesru Kemal, founder and owner of the company, received the license certificate from the ECAA General-director, Getachew Mengiste. The General-director urged the Air Express to work patiently and diligently to go through the hurdles in the aviation sector and become a success. Capt. Nesru appreciated…