Ethiopian Airlines Group recently announced the official completion of the e-commerce logistics center located at the capital Addis Ababa Bole Airport, which is the first e-commerce logistics center in Africa, with a total cost of 55 million US dollars, aiming to build Addis Ababa into a cross-border e-commerce logistics center in Africa and even the world.
The new e-commerce logistics center, with e-commerce, mail and courier services at its core, aims to achieve new breakthroughs in the field of logistics, which will not only accelerate the development of the e-commerce industry in Ethiopia, but also promote logistics innovation across the continent.
Leading technology, service upgrade
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Mr. Mesfin Tasew, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group, said: "The establishment of this cutting-edge e-commerce logistics center is a huge leap forward not only for Ethiopian Airlines Group, but also for the entire African economy. Our adoption of high-end technology has revolutionized the way goods are transported and delivered in the African e-commerce industry, while also paving the way for the development of e-commerce services in Ethiopia and across the continent. The e-commerce logistics center covers an area of 150,000 square meters, with a strong capacity to handle 150,000 tons of cargo per year. We are pleased to see such significant results from our $55 million investment, which means that the continent's e-commerce industry is keeping up with global trends and moving towards an even brighter future." ”
The e-commerce logistics center has adopted state-of-the-art technology and implemented a well-designed system to provide customers with a one-stop shop for goods consolidation, splitting, sorting, repacking, and labeling. Now you can easily track real-time updates to your shipments at your fingertips, so you're always on top of your shipment, no matter where it is.
Full of honor, serving the world
As the largest airline group in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines Group has won wide acclaim from customers around the world for its diversified cargo transportation services, and has won many major awards in the industry. Ethiopian Airlines Cargo not only provides efficient and reliable logistics services around the world, but also stands out for several prestigious awards:
q Won two awards in the 2023 Air Cargo News Awards;
q Named Best Cargo Airline in Africa at the inaugural Air Arabia Cargo Awards;
q Won the African Sustainable Cargo Airline of the Year award at the 2023 Cargo Week Sustainability Awards;
Q In 2023, it won two awards from STAT** Times: African Cargo Airline of the Year and African Air Cargo Brand of the Year.
These accolades not only demonstrate Ethiopian Group's excellence in logistics, but also reflect our ongoing and deep care and commitment to our customers around the world.
About Ethiopian Airlines
As the world's fastest-growing airline brand, Ethiopian Airlines Group is not only a leader in the African continent, but also a leader in the industry with its 77-year history and outstanding performance. Ethiopian Airlines has a major hub in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and is also expanding its presence with a multi-hub strategy in Lomé, Togo, Lilongwe, Malawi, and Lusaka, Zambia.
As Africa's largest airline, Ethiopian flies to 136 destinations around the world, offering a deeper and more extensive African route network than any other airline. Ethiopian currently operates a total of 152 freighters, including the Boeing B777-200LRF and Boeing B737-800F, and other passenger-to-freighter aircraft, with an average fleet age of just seven years, with multiple cargo terminals in China and its headquarters in Addis Ababa as its hub. The annual cargo volume of the headquarters cargo terminal exceeds 1.5 million tons, which meets the demand for international air cargo.
Ethiopian Airlines has achieved all the goals of its 15-year strategic plan, Vision 2025, ahead of schedule, and is already working towards a new strategic plan of Vision 2035, which provides passenger and cargo transportation and logistics services with safety, market orientation and customer centricity as the core concepts. At the same time, it will expand its aviation training, airport management, MRO, aerospace manufacturing and tourism services, and strive to become one of the world's top 20 aviation groups.
Ethiopian Airlines has won several awards, including the "Best Airline in Africa" award from Skytrax for six consecutive years, and has been a valued member of Star Alliance since 2011, with more than threefold growth in the last decade, showing great potential and promise.