AFRAA Continues Quest for Closer Ties with Membership; Holds CEOs Dialogues with ET – By Daisy BARRO

 



African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has completed yet another edition of AFRAA Member Airlines CEOs Leadership Dialogues, this time with Ethiopian Airlines (ET) as focal point.

The Dialogue, which is the 7th held by the Association this year, took place at ET’s headquarters in Addis Ababa – Ethiopia between an envoy from AFRAA consisting of AFRAA Secretary General (SG), Mr. Abderahmané Berthé, Mr. Raphael Kuuchi, Director Government, Legal & Industry Affairs; and a delegation representing ET: Mr. Mesfin Tasew Bekele, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Group; Mr. Girma Wake, ET’s Board Chairman among others.

Top on the agenda were pressing issues such as currency repatriation; taxes and charges and implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) – all of which were addressed in detail.

According to the AFRAA boss, “We are pleased to have met Ethiopian Airlines – one of AFRAA’s founding member airlines - for the CEOs Dialogues. Today’s discussions was an opportunity for a close connection between AFRAA and Ethiopian Airlines, and culminated in a better understanding of Ethiopian Airlines’ priorities vis-à-vis AFRAA’s mandate.”

“We will continue to tailor our actions to enhance the relevance of the Association to our membership. I look forward to a continued mutually beneficial working relationship with Ethiopian Airlines and the entire AFRAA fraternity at large”, he said.

It can be recalled that the last Dialogues were held last month in Lagos – Nigeria between AFRAA and certain elite Chief Executives including the CEOs of Air Peace, Barr. Allen Onyema; Capt. Valentine Tongo of Allied Air and Capt. Edward Boyo of Overland Airways.

AFRAA’s actions, including the CEO’s Dialogues which have become a hallmark of this current administration, are based on the Association’s five pillars: cooperation; safe, secure & reliable air transport; sustainable air transport; visibility, reputation and influence of African Airlines and data intelligence.

The CEOs Dialogues initiative was born out of AFRAA’s desire to draw closer to its membership, through the provision of a platform via which participants discuss the implementation of value-added projects, as well as ways of being mutually beneficial to each other – both ultimately geared towards the sustainability of the air transport sector.

 

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