Ethiopian airlines announce digitalization of its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility.
The renovation makes Ethiopian airlines MRO the first in Africa and one of the few organizations next to Qantas and KLM in the world to have a digitalized hangar and line task accomplishment.
The project has been effective since August 2021 with the stabilization phase now being completed. After monitoring the results, the airline has started to fully implement the digitalization in all the hangars and line maintenance. On Wednesday, May 25, 2022 the Ethiopian airlines officially announced the implementation with the presence of high management team of the airlines.
“This is a major achievement and milestone for Ethiopian airlines,” said Mesfin Tasew, CEO of the airline group adding that the conversion of the repair center to a digital one will save the airline 500 million birr which is often spent on paper and manpower every year.
