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Addis Ababa, 26 November 2025. Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading aviation group, has adopted Accelya’s FLX Select, a rapid-to-deploy NDC (New Distribution Capability) service. Through this adoption, Ethiopian Airlines aims to unlock new revenue streams, reduce distribution costs and offer passengers an improved shopping experience.
NDC provides travel sellers and passengers with greater visibility and choice, offering richer and more relevant offers, and expanded access to ancillary and bundled services. By adopting FLX Select, Ethiopian Airlines leverages the capabilities of Accelya’s NDC to enhance travel retailing capabilities and strengthen relationships with travel sellers.
Ethiopian Airlines’ choice of FLX Select demonstrates a strategic focus towards retailing, reflecting the need to expand distribution options amid rising travel demand. Accelya’s track record in NDC implementation offers a clear roadmap for airlines to optimize distribution, broaden retail opportunities, and keep pace with evolving market expectations.
“NDC adoption is a practical step toward the future of Offer and Order retailing,” said Sam Gilliland, CEO at Accelya. “As Africa’s largest airline brand, Ethiopian Airline’s approach shows how airlines can make progress without disruption – modernizing at their own pace with open, modular technology that keeps them in control.”
Rahel Assefa, Group Vice President Marketing at Ethiopian Airlines, said: ” Our adoption of FLX Select marks a pivotal step in delivering a more personalized global travel experience and reinforcing our mission as the airline of choice for customers worldwide. This partnership redefines our retail strategy and underscores our commitment to innovation and customer-centricity.”
FLX Select is part of Accelya’s FLX ONE platform, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Through a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS, Accelya is accelerating the delivery of scalable, secure cloud solutions that help airlines modernize Offers and Orders. The platform enables airlines to manage Offer, Order, Settle, and Deliver processes through open, modular architecture. According to independent research firm T2RL, Accelya powers nearly 50 percent of global NDC transactions, helping airlines modernize retailing while maintaining full control over how their products are created, sold, and serviced.
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About Accelya
Accelya is a global leader in airline software, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular platform that enables them to drive growth, enhance customer experiences, and take control of their retailing. Our FLX ONE platform empowers airlines to transform across Offer, Order, Settlement, and Delivery (OOSD), in line with IATA’s standards for modern retailing.
With a cloud-native infrastructure powered by AWS, Accelya processes more than 30 billion unique offers daily, settles over $100 billion annually, and delivers more than 50% of global NDC volumes. Our solutions span the entire retail lifecycle, both above and below the wing, giving airlines the flexibility, performance, scalability, and reliability they need.
Backed by 40 years of industry expertise, long-term support from Vista Equity Partners, and 2,500 employees across 10 global offices, Accelya has the scale and proven track record to meet the evolving needs of the airline industry.
For more information, visit the Accelya Website.
Media Relations: accelya@missive.co.uk
About Ethiopian
Ethiopian Airlines Group (Ethiopian) is a true African success story, transforming a visionary dream into a globally renowned reality for nearly eight decades. Operating flights to more than 160 domestic and international passenger, and cargo destinations across five continents, Ethiopian bridges the gaps between Africa and the world. Emphasizing passenger comfort and environmental sustainability, Ethiopian utilizes ultra-modern aircraft such as Boeing 737s, 777s, 787s, Airbus A350-900, A350-1000 and De Havilland Q400.
Ethiopian, the Star Alliance member airline, champions in various coveted awards including Skytrax’s ‘Best Airline in Africa Award’ for eight consecutive years, APEX ‘Best Overall in Africa’ award and ‘Leadership in Connecting Africa through Transport’ Award among others. Ethiopian aims to further excel in its success through a strategic plan dubbed ‘Vision 2035’ and become one of the top 20 most competitive and leading aviation groups in the world. Embracing a Pan-African spirit, Ethiopian is pursuing multi-hub strategy through hubs in Lomé, Togo with ASKY, in Lilongwe, Malawi with Malawi Airlines, in Lusaka, Zambia with Zambia Airways, and in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with Air Congo.
For more information, visit our website at www.ethiopianairlines.com email us at CorporateCommunication@ethiopianairlines.com , or call us at (251-11)517-8913/8165/8907.
Kevin KeaneScotland environment, energy and rural affairs correspondent
Getty ImagesIt’s being viewed as a make or break moment for Europe’s energy capital – as Aberdeen waits to see whether the chancellor will scrap the windfall tax.
The industry says the tax, which was introduced when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused oil prices to spike sharply, is crippling the sector.
The oil price has since halved, to about $60 a barrel, and companies say there are no profits to be made under such a high tax regime so are taking their cash to other parts of the world.
Investment in the North Sea is at a record low and a study from Robert Gordon University says jobs are being “quietly” lost at a rate of 1,000 a month.
Whoever you speak to in the north-east, from oil executives to taxi drivers and hairdressers, they know a surprising amount about this unusual corporation tax.
Formally known as the Energy Profits Levy, it means that operators are handing over 78% of their profits to the Treasury.
The rate is one of the highest in the world and, though the headline figure is matched by Norway, our North Sea neighbour has much more favourable tax reliefs.
It’s a difficult dance for political parties, many of whom have prioritised tackling the climate crisis which is driven by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels.
The simple argument is that more oil and gas production from the North Sea equals more emissions, but it’s actually much more nuanced than that.
The Climate Change Committee has made it clear that our economy will need hydrocarbons in ever-diminishing quantities for decades to come and replacing domestic production with imports makes no sense.
In fact, emissions from producing a barrel of North Sea crude are much lower than many Middle Eastern oil fields, and shipping it halfway across the world burns even more fuel.
That’s part of the reason why the Scottish SNP government has stepped away from its “presumption against” new oil and gas, saying instead that each application must be made on its merit.
The UK Labour government appears to be giving some ground too as it’s reported that a review of the future of the North Sea will allow small “tiebacks” where existing oil and gas fields stray into currently-unlicenced areas.
In theory, that would help prolong the future of the North Sea, with some green groups even suggesting that it’s a reasonable compromise.
Getty ImagesThe main concern for environmentalists is that the UK doesn’t allow any more Rosebank-scale oil fields, which is so big it requires entirely new infrastructure.
But for the industry, this offer on tiebacks would be seen as meaningless, throwing a few crumbs of comfort while entirely avoiding the biggest deterrent to investment.
One urged me not to be “hoodwinked” into believing that tiebacks were the answer to the North Sea’s woes.
If the headline tax rate remains at 78%, companies would simply keep their cash off the table, whether the investment would be in new discoveries or small extensions through tiebacks.
And that’s where the comparisons with the closure of the coal fields come in – an energy policy which destroyed communities.
In this case, many of the jobs that are going are highly-skilled roles such as engineers and geologists.
Those people aren’t going to be on the dole as their craft is in high demand in other parts of the world.
Many of us in the north-east already have neighbours who work overseas or who have moved their entire families with them. Some have retired early.
Those who want to work are not going to be joining the dole queue, but the hairdressers, taxi drivers, waiting staff and shopkeepers left behind will find life increasingly difficult with less money being spent by the people who have moved away.
And the industry has long pointed out that those same engineers are the ones we need to retain in the UK to help build the green energy industry of the future.
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