Ethiopian Airlines has been awarded gold prize as the top performing cargo transportation airline at the Customers Annual Meeting organized by Guangzhou Bayiun International Airport on 30th January 2019.

The award was handed to Ethiopian for being the first airline among top ten cargo operators to Guangzhou Bayiun International Airport.

Ethiopian has the largest share, over 11%, of the total international cargo transportation at Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou.

Ethiopian won this award for the second time in a row outperforming competitor airlines by transporting 38,800 tons of import and export cargo to/and from Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou in 2018 alone.

Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics, which operates 9 ultra-modern Boeing 777 Freighters with 100 tons uplift capacity each, facilitates trade flow between Africa and the rest of the world, thereby contributing to the economic development of the continent.

In particular, it is playing an important role in the success of the 'China One Belt One Road Initiative' by availing critical air infrastructure that is boosting cargo export and import between Africa and China.

Ethiopian Airlines is the fastest growing Airline in Africa. In its over 70 years of operation, it has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in efficiency and operational success.