Ethiopian Airlines hits $9.1bn revenue, but risks threaten growth – The Africa Report

soaring high

The carrier’s best year yet collides with aircraft shortages, a Middle East war and a $60m-passenger airport bet that has yet to prove itself.

By Michael Masrie

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Kaduna Airport in Nigeria on 8 March 2017.
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Kaduna Airport in Nigeria on 8 March 2017. © Afolabi Sotunde/REUTERS

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Ethiopian Airlines closed its 2025/26 fiscal year with $9.1bn in revenue, the highest in its history and a 20% increase on the previous year, Group Chief Executive Officer Mesfin Tasew told journalists at the carrier’s annual results briefing on Wednesday.

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