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Starve the TPLF beast: Boycott Ethiopian Airlines

Posted on , Updated on by Elias Kifle

Statement by Boycott TPLF Task Force

Don’t hand over your hard-earned dollars, euros, any foreign currency to them! And save your own money in the process!

Meles Zenawi is either dead, or if he is not actually clinically dead, he is as good as dead in terms of his physical and mental condition and well-being. Here is a critical question: What can every Ethiopian, especially Ethiopians living across the world, do to make it as difficult as possible for Woyanne to continue to rule the country with an iron fist without missing a beat, now that Meles is out of the picture?

One of the greatest powers we all have is the power of our money. Especially at this time of uncertainty, foreign exchange is one of the most important resources TPLF will try to hold on to and continue to amass. They are desperate for forex in order to be able to buy the necessary military and police hardware to put down any uprisings or opposition attacks against them. Perhaps more importantly: Foreign exchange is also needed to keep the military elites happy and well-taken care of—now more urgent than ever for TPLF, because some senior military officials may start getting restive in light of the death (or as-good-as-death) of their patron-saint, Meles.

One of the major sources of foreign exchange for woyanne are revenues they extract from Ethiopian Airlines, predominantly from ticket purchases by Ethiopians residing abroad. Starve the beast by stopping to hand over your money to Woyanne through Ethiopian Airlines (EAL). Moreover, EAL prices are likely to increase, in part because of inefficiencies in management—now likely to get worse since they recently removed a respected chief executive and put one of their own, a true-blue Woyanne, at the helm of EAL. Therefore, in fact EAL is more often than not more expensive than other airlines. So by quitting EAL and taking other airlines instead, you are not only depriving TPLF of foreign exchange that they need now more desperately than ever; you are also being wiser in managing your own finances.

Here is just one of many examples (see on the right) where flying EAL is more expensive than flying other airlines (screenshots from Expedia.com). For a randomly picked roundtrip flight from Washington DC to Addis and back, Lufthansa is the cheapest flight with $1,194, while EAL costs $1,382.

11 thoughts on “Starve the TPLF beast: Boycott Ethiopian Airlines”

  1. To be honest who ever post this is Sick. Who is advice us to quite from flying Ethiopian airline. We have family who works there and also whether we like or not Ethiopian airline is the symbol of our country. I am proud to fly with Ethiopian airline. Why we politicize everything. For Whatever reason you are struggling, did you think about those people who are hired in Ethiopian airlines, and what boycotting brings to them? Please think when you post something .look left and right. That is why I hate Ethiopian politics. It is always one sided based on hate and criticizing others I never see them when they criticize with solution. Even those who come with solution it is one sided based on personal or ethnic advantage but not from what the general society or the country get out of it. nothing personal this is just how I feel….

  6. You are right on the money. Also, unless absolutely necessary don’t go to ethiopia. If you go to Ethiopia all the money you spend there will go to TPLF and will be used to oppress and kill your family and friends. If you have to go to ethiopia try very hard to spend your money on businesses that do not have an affiliation with current ruling government.

  9. We thank Ethiopian Review for doing the very good job, and supporting the voiceless Ethiopian people. All those who wrote their comments with insults are TPLF supporters. And, sinners who killed their own people to support TPLF invaders. The article which is written not to use EAL is absolutely correct. As it is mentioned, Your Money will be used to kill your own Country, family, relatives, and friends. We wish all Ethiopian readers support The Ethiopian Review to be more stronger. Let Our Ethiopia Long Live With Honour.

  10. This is a great non-violent to protest the injustices in Ethiopia. People have choices, and if they believe a company or a business is associated with an entity they don’t support, it is their right to boycott it. Look into Turkish Air also. They have cheap prices to Ethiopia and great food!:)

  11. This is really stupid. You must have no idea how ethiopian airlines works. It’s the most independent agency in the history of the country. That’s why it’s successful. How can you not get this?

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