Ethiopian Airlines Announces New Sales Team member in the UK

Ethiopian Airlines UK is pleased to announce that Darren McCormick is joining the Ethiopian Airlines Sales Team in the UK as a Senior Sales Executive. Darren, who has 30 years of experience in the airline industry, tour operators and TMCs, will be based in Manchester where Ethiopian operates 5 times weekly services from Manchester Airport’s T2.

His travel industry background in airlines, tour operators & TMCs includes positions with Etihad Airways & Oman Air plus dnata (Gold Medal), Travel Counsellors and more recently First-Class Holidays.

Commenting on his new appointment Darren said, “I am delighted to be joining Ethiopian Airlines, an award-winning airline with exciting plans going forward. I will be covering the North of the UK, assisting the London based sales team, and I am looking forward to working with the travel trade again.”

Commenting on the appointment, Henock Woubishet, Area Manager UK & Ireland for Ethiopian commented, “We are really pleased to welcome Darren to the UK sales team and our Manchester office. This appointment is key in executing our UK sales strategy and will assist the UK team in keeping the travel trade updated on all new routes, aircraft and services offered by Ethiopian, as well as to help celebrate new and wonderful destinations.”

Ethiopian continues to operate daily services out of London-Heathrow, plus 5 times weekly flights from Manchester and 5 times weekly flights from London Gatwick and recently welcomed the new A350-1000 on the London-Heathrow route.

About Ethiopian

Ethiopian Airlines Group (Ethiopian) is one of the fastest-growing airlines brand globally and the continent’s largest airline brand. In its seventy-eight years of successful operations, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in efficiency and operational success. Ethiopian commands the lion’s share of the African passenger and cargo network operating the youngest and most modern fleet to more than 150 domestic and international passenger and cargo destinations across five continents. Ethiopian’s fleet category consists of ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as Boeing 737s, 777s, 787s, Airbus A350-900,A350-1000 and De Havilland Q400.

Ethiopian is also pursuing multi-hub strategy through hubs in Lomé, Togo with ASKY, in Lilongwe, Malawi with Malawi Airlines and in Lusaka, Zambia with Zambia Airways. Having achieved its strategic plan (Vision 2025) ahead of time, Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan Vision 2035 that will see it become one of the top 20 most competitive and leading aviation groups in the world. Ethiopian has been champion in various coveted awards including Skytrax’s ‘Best Airline in Africa Award’ for seven consecutive years among others. The airline has been a Star Alliance member since 2011 and has been registering more than threefold growth in the past 10 years.

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