By Debbie Peters
This was meant to be just an analysis on business travel as well as how to add a bit of leisure into the mix but Africa is mourning the crash of Ethiopian Airways Flight 302 on March 10, 2019. There were a total of 32 nationalities amongst the 157 passengers who died making it an international tragedy and included were 19 UN staff members. Even though Ethiopian Airlines, now the biggest and most profitable airline in Africa, had taken all the right steps by acquiring new aircraft, its staff is known for their high level of professionalism and Addis Ababa has become the biggest aviation hub on the continent. Aviation is part of the country’s proud heritage and it afforded the opportunity for other Africans to train there to become pilots, including Air Zimbabwe’s first black pilots who attended flight school in Ethiopia.
The aircraft, which crashed recently was a new Boeing 737 Max 8, delivered in November 2018, but it was also the…
