Ethiopian Airlines has completed Africa’s first full strip-and-paint programme for the Airbus A350-900 on two aircraft, strengthening Ethiopian MRO’s technical capability and operational excellence.

This follows the airline’s earlier achievement of developing full strip-and-paint and composite painting capabilities for the Boeing 787 fleet.

With nearly six decades of experience, Ethiopian MRO is a leading aircraft maintenance provider in Africa and the Middle East, offering advanced painting and coating services through modern paint shops and dedicated hangars.

The airline now maintains full in-house painting capabilities for both composite and aluminum airframes across its entire fleet, using advanced techniques such as HVLP and electrostatic spraying.

Mesfin Tasew, Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, remarked: “The successful execution of our full strip-and-paint project on two of our A350-900 aircraft coupled with the completion of paint capability on the B787 earlier this year, marks a significant step forward in Ethiopian’s in-house widebody advanced composite structure paint capabilities. This project is yet another milestone which reflects Ethiopian’s ongoing commitment to investing in world-class MRO capabilities, strengthening our operational resilience, enhancing our self-reliance, and elevating our global standing. Beyond saving costs, this achievement enables us to generate additional revenue and reinforce our position as a leading MRO service provider in the continent and the region.” -TradeArabia News Service