Ethiopian Airlines, formerly Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by the country's government. EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and commenced operations on 8 April 1946, expanding to international flights in 1951. The firm became a share company in 1965 and changed its name from Ethiopian Air Lines to Ethiopian Airlines.
An Ethiopian Airlines Douglas DC-3 at Lalibela Airport in 1974.
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 707 with a black-maned Ethiopian lion, the national animal of the country.
An Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900 at Bole International Airport in 2020
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777F departing Bole International Airport in 2022
Amharic is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other populations residing in major cities and towns in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopic (or Ge'ez) writing system is visible on the side of this Ethiopian Airlines Fokker 50: it reads "Ethiopia's": የኢትዮጵያ ye-ʾityop̣p̣ya.
A modern usage of Amharic: the label of a Coca-Cola bottle. The script reads ኮካ-ኮላ (koka-kola).
The Ethiopian anthem (since 1992) in Amharic, done on manual typewriter.
