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Ethiopian Airlines MRO, UTD Aviation Solutions, and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a tripartite MoU to work together on Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services. This is in pursuance of The Brown Condor Initiative (BCI), which these stakeholders are committed to
Ethiopian Airlines MRO, UTD Aviation Solutions, and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a tripartite MoU to work together on Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services. This is in pursuance of The Brown Condor Initiative (BCI), which these stakeholders are committed to. The signing ceremony took place at Ethiopian Airlines headquarters in Addis Ababa, in the presence of senior officials representing the stakeholders. .
The Brown Condor Initiative (BCI) is a joint initiative which was conceptualized in 2020. It was officially launched by UTD Aviation Solutions and AFRAA in May 2021. The project is aimed at providing a platform for AFRAA members with Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities to relieve USA MRO workforce crunch in terms of both facilities and manpower constraints. The project will support other airlines from the USA in MRO services and aircraft spares.
Ethiopian Airlines as the first African airline to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will operationalize the objectives of this robust Project. The project is expected to help the airlines to bring down the cost of repair and overhaul of the aircrafts.
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The Brown Condor Initiative is code named after Colonel John C. Robinson, the first African American aviator who also participated in the Ethiopian victorious war against Italy. Colonel John C. Robinson was enlisted by the then Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie as a fighter pilot. He began training young Ethiopians in the technical complexities of aviation, especially pilots in preparation for war.
