Ethiopian Airlines has won the 2018 Africa’s Outstanding Food Services by a Carrier award as voted by PAX International readers, for the second consecutive year, at a ceremony held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. Mr. Aklilu Habtu, Director Ethiopian Airlines’ In-flight Catering, received the award from Mr. Aijaz Khan, PAX International Publisher.
Tewolde GebreMariam, Ethiopian Group CEO, remarked, “It is very gratifying to receive this prestigious award, which is based on the vote of the traveling public. We are highly honored that the traveling public has recognized our continuous effort to avail the best possible products and services.
“As part of our Vision 2025, we have built the largest and most modern catering facility in the continent at our main hub in Addis Ababa with a daily production capacity of 100,000 meals. This has enabled us to significantly upgrade the capacity, the quality and the variety of our meal production.
“Our modern catering facility produces a variety of cuisines that can meet the need of our esteemed customers ranging from our national Ethiopian dishes to Chinese, Indian and Italian culinary delights. It also caters for specific dietary needs with vegan, Halal and Kosher meals. Going forward, we will further diversify our meal offering with more choices and culinary delights from across Africa and other parts of the world.”
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Ethiopian Airlines, a multi-award winning carrier with Four Star certification by SKYTRAX last year, Airline of the Year awards by AFRAA as well as multiple accolades for its outstanding passenger and cargo transport services, inaugurated its state of the art In-flight catering facility on 29 October 2016.
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Winners of the awards were selected by PAX International readers over a period of six months.
Since 1997, Pax International has been delivering hard news, late-breaking updates and factual reports with uncompromised journalistic integrity to the catering, passenger service, interiors, IFEC and MRO professionals worldwide. Each year the PAX International readership awards honors the best in the industry, chosen by the loyal readers of PAX International. For the fourth consecutive year, Emirates Flight Catering has been named Airline Caterer of the Year – Middle East & Africa. We are delighted that we continue to be recognized for our quality and high standards, by airline passengers and the airline industry.