A Toronto based Media group, Planet Africa Television awarded the CEO of the Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) with a professional excellence award. At a lavish ceremony held on November 2 at the International Center in Toronto, Planet Africa TV gave the award for Tewolde Gebremariam for his tremendous efforts to expand the Airlines.
Planet Africa TV said under Tewolde’s leadership the Airlines witnessed an exponential growth including expanding to Canada. In his passionate speech after receiving the award, Tewolde thanked his eight thousand staff at the Airlines and his team in Toronto for their tremendous hard work. He told the audience that “Ethiopian Airlines is the largest indigenous African Airlines managed, operated and owned by Africans”
The Airlines fly to 76 destinations all over the world. Ethiopian is the only Airline in Africa that owns the latest 787 dream liner
technology aircraft. “Africa is growing and Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL) is growing with Africa” says Tewolde. In an exclusive interview
with Yohannes Ayalew of www.ethiofidel.com Tewolde stressed that the award from Planet Africa is a great way to promote the realistic image of Ethiopia and the rest of Africa.
The three days EAL direct flight between Toronto and Addis Ababa is expanding and according to The CEO, it will bring a lot of foreign direct investment to Africa. At the same night, a lineup of individuals and organizations received their awards in various categories of sports, entertainment, volunteer, academic achievement, leadership, entrepreneurship, and humanitarianism.
This year, on its 10th year anniversary, Planet Africa award dedicated the ceremony in to a Special Tribute In Commemoration Of The 50th Anniversary Of The “I Have A Dream” and featured Guest Speaker Dr. Bernice King, Daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Yohannes Ayalew
