Ethiopian Airlines Limits South African Offer to Pilots, Planes
- CEO Tewolde rules out involvement in debt repayments
- South Africa looking for backers for insolvent state carrier
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Ethiopian Airlines Group is willing to provide planes, pilots and maintenance services to beleaguered rival South African Airways as part of a joint venture with that country’s government.
Africa’s biggest airline is offering operational assistance, Ethiopian Chief Executive Officer Tewolde GebreMariam said in an interview in Addis Ababa. The carrier isn’t interested in helping with debt repayments or the cost of reducing the workforce, he said.