ACU June 5th DRAFT

AIRLINES
Ethiopian and The University of Mississippi
sign aviation MOU
Ethiopian Group CEO Tewolde
GebreMariam, seated right, with
officials of the University of Mississippi.
Qatar Airways
now flies to
Mykonos
A D D I S A B A B A / M I S S I S S I P P I :
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation
Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified
Four Star Global Airline, and The
University of Mississippi, signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) to introduce different aviation
related training programs into the
existing courses of Ethiopian Aviation
Academy (EAA).
The training programs to be introduced
include Integrated Marketing
Communication
(IMC), Aviation Executive EMBA and a
four-year engineering degree program
aimed at
upgrading EAA's existing two-year
Aircraft Maintenance training.
The MOU was signed in April 2018 by
Ethiopian Group CEO Tewolde
GebreMariam and Professor Noel E.
Wilkin, Provost & Executive Vice
Chancellor of The University of
Mississippi, the largest public research
university in the state of Mississippi.
GebreMariam said the deal is part of the
company's Vision 2025 Strategic road
map to remain competitive in the
dynamic aviation industry.
“In today's increasingly competitive air
transport business, Airlines need well
trained and highly skilled management
and employees to compete and
succeed in the market. As part of our
Vision 2025 Strategic road map, to
enhance and upgrade the training
given at our Aviation Academy, we are
very happy to sign this agreement with
the University of Mississippi which will
introduce Integrated Marketing Communication
(IMC), Aviation Executive
EMBA and a four-year engineering
degree program,” the CEO said.
Wilkin said he's very pleased that
Ethiopian chose to forge an alliance
with the university.
“This partnership will afford us the
opportunity to shape the talent and
abilities of the airline industry in Africa,”
said Wilkin.
Will Norton, Dean of the Meek School
of Journalism and New Media at the
university added: “Integrated Marketing
Communications is vital for economic
development of a nation and for
businesses wishing to have more sales.
The IMC degree program at Ole Miss
s h o u l d e n h a n c e e c o n o m i c
development in Ethiopia and increase
business for Ethiopian Airlines.”
With annual intake capacity of 4000
trainees, EAA is the largest and the most
modern aviation academy in Africa
recognized as ICAO regional Training
Center of Excellence.
Founded in 1848, the University of
Mississippi is Mississippi's flagship
university with a long history of
producing leaders in public service,
academics and business.
DOHA: Qatar Airways
recently launched its direct
flight service to the worldfamous
Mykonos Island in
Greece.
The airline's new nonstop
direct service from Doha to
Mykonos International
Airport will run four times a
week. It will use an Airbus
A320, with 12 seats in
Business Class and 132 seats
in Economy Class.
With the launch of
Mykonos, Qatar Airways
increased its flights to 58
times a week from Doha's
five-star Hamad
International Airport to
Greece.
The Doha-based airline
which has a modern fleet of
over 200 aircraft flies to
more than 150 destinations
worldwide from its hub at
Hamad International
Airport.
This year through 2019, the
airline plans to serve more
routes in Europe and Asia
such as Estonia, Malta,
Spain, Vietnam and some
cities in Turkey.