የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ በአትራፊነት ከተጠቀሱ 3 የአለማችን አየር መንገዶች አንዱ ለመሆን ችሏል።
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One African airline has also done well for the same reason. Bloomberg reported that Ethiopian Airlines has covered all fixed costs and made a small profit for the fiscal year lasting up until July.
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Passengers disembark from an Ethiopian Airlines flight in Kinshasa on August 15, 2020. AFP via Getty Images
እ.ኤ.አ በ2020 ኮቪድ-19 በሽታ የአለምን ኢኮኖሚ ባቃወሰበት ወቅት ሶስት አየር መንገዶች በትርፋማነታቸው ቀዳሚ ለመሆን መብቃታቸው ተነግሯል፡፡
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እነዚህም በቅደም ተከተል የኮሪያ፣ የኤስያና እና የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገዶች እንደሆኑ ፎርብስ በድረ-ገፁ አስፍሯል፡፡
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አየር መንገዶቹ ሳይከስሩ ቢያንስ ወጪያቸውን በመሸፈን ትርፋማ ሊሆኑ የቻሉት በሚሰጡት አገልግሎት ላይ ለውጥ ማድረጋቸው እንደሆነ ተነግሯል፡፡
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በተለይ የኮሮና ወረርሺኝ ከተከሰተ ወዲህ የመንገደኞች አውሮፕላኖችን ወደ እቃ ጫኝ ትራንፖርት መቀየራቸው ለትርፋማነታቸው ዋንኛ ምክንያት እንደሆነ ተጠቅሷል፡፡
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Chief Executive Officer Tewolde Gebre-Mariam was quoted, “we may not be as profitable as we expected but we registered some profit…the cargo business has also done very well.” The largest airline in Africa has also kept going by running up to 40 repatriation charters each week, at the same time as its competitors have been grounded.
The airline is expecting that it will have lost $1 billion in ticket sales for the year, which Bloomberg reports is similar to other carriers globally, who expect a total loss of $84 billion this year, according to The International Air Transport Association.
It is not yet clear how far the transfer to cargo can help revive the airline industry, particularly if passenger numbers start to recover—when there may be an oversupply of cargo planes.