Comparison Overview

Ethiopian Airlines

VS

Air France

Ethiopian Airlines

Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ET, 1755
Last Update: 2025-12-09

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 since 2011, 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.

NAICS: 481
NAICS Definition: Air Transportation
Employees: 11,348
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Air France

45 , rue de Paris, None, Roissy CDG, None, FR, 95747
Last Update: 2025-12-11
Between 750 and 799

Depuis 1933, la compagnie Air France porte haut les couleurs de la France à travers le monde entier. Avec une activité, répartie entre le transport aérien de passagers, le fret, la maintenance et l’entretien aéronautique, Air France est un acteur majeur du secteur aérien. Plus de 45 000 collaborateurs se mobilisent au quotidien pour proposer à chaque client, une expérience de voyage unique. Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines et Transavia forment le Groupe Air France-KLM. Le Groupe s’appuie sur la force de ses hubs de Paris-Charles de Gaulle et d’Amsterdam-Schiphol pour offrir un vaste réseau international. Son programme de fidélité Flying Blue rassemble plus de 17 millions d’adhérents. Air France et KLM sont membres de l’alliance SkyTeam qui compte au total, 19 compagnies aériennes. Air France place la santé et la sécurité de ses clients et de ses personnels au cœur de ses préoccupations. Avec Air France Protect, son engagement sanitaire, la compagnie a instauré les mesures sanitaires les plus strictes pour un voyage en toute sécurité. Air France s’est fixé des objectifs ambitieux en matière de développement durable et travaille à réduire et compenser ses émissions de CO2. Dans le cadre du programme Horizon 2030, la compagnie s’est engagée à réduire de 50% ses émissions de CO2 par passager-kilomètre d’ici à 2030 à travers des investissements importants en faveur du renouvellement de sa flotte par des avions de nouvelle génération, l’utilisation de solutions innovantes pour réduire sa consommation de carburant ou encore l’utilisation progressive de carburants alternatifs durables. Plus d'informations sur : corporate.airfrance.com

NAICS: 481
NAICS Definition: Air Transportation
Employees: 29,688
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Ethiopian Airlines
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Air France
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Ethiopian Airlines
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Air France
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Ethiopian Airlines in 2025.

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

Air France has 61.29% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Ethiopian Airlines (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Ethiopian Airlines cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Air France (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Air France cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Ethiopian Airlines
Incidents

No Incident

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Air France
Incidents

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: AI-Amplified Social Engineering, Third-Party Customer Service Platform Exploitation, Voice Cloning, Deepfake Impersonation
Motivation: Financial Gain, Data Monetization, Identity Theft, Loyalty Program Fraud
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Third-party service provider compromise
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Ethiopian Airlines company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Air France company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Air France company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Ethiopian Airlines company has not reported any.

In the current year, Air France company has reported more cyber incidents than Ethiopian Airlines company.

Neither Air France company nor Ethiopian Airlines company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Air France company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Ethiopian Airlines company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Air France company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Ethiopian Airlines company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines company nor Air France company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines nor Air France holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Air France company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Ethiopian Airlines company.

Air France company employs more people globally than Ethiopian Airlines company, reflecting its scale as a Airlines and Aviation.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines nor Air France holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines nor Air France holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines nor Air France holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines nor Air France holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines nor Air France holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Ethiopian Airlines nor Air France holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N