Ethiopian Airlines receives Gold Award for cargo volume

Logistics of Guangdong Airport Authority has awarded Ethiopian Airlines as the Gold Award winner of International Airlines Cargo Volume during the 2021 Logistics of Guangdong Airport Authority Client Seminar, held in Guangzhou.

Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam, said “We are grateful to Logistics of Guangdong Airport Authority for honouring us with this special award in recognition of our efforts. China is one of the top cargo origins and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is among the main international aviation hubs in the Greater Bay Area. We have worked very hard to provide efficient cargo service between China and the rest of the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. The award is a recognition of this effort and it will inspire us to enhance our services to the greater bay area to meet the growing customer demand for airfreight.”

Last year, Ethiopian Airlines demonstrated an impressive performance at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport by operating 1622 flights out of which 966 were with freighter, 572 were with preighter (passenger aircraft converted to cargo), and 84 flights were with passenger aircraft.

In 2020, Ethiopian Airlines became the leading airline in terms of cargo transported in and out of the port by carrying a total cargo weight of 54.4 million kilograms and will increase its frequency to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to 14 freighters and 21 preighters per week soon.

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ethiopian Airlines strategically shifted its business focus to cargo transportation and aircraft maintenance businesses. Through its agility and active implementation of ‘passenger-to-cargo’ conversion, the company efficiently transported vaccines, personal protective equipment and other medical supplies across the globe. So far, Ethiopian Airlines has transported more than 20 million doses of vaccine to more than 20 countries.