Friday, July 20, 2012

Ethiopian Airlines increases Boeing 777-200LR aircraft order

(July 2012, Air Transport World)--Ethiopian Airlines (ET) announced an order for one additional Boeing 777-200LR, adding to the airline's fleet of five 777-200LRs (ATW Daily News, March 25, 2011). The order is valued at approximately $276 million at list prices, according to Boeing.


ET CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said, "The performance and range of the airplane allowed us to open direct routes from Washington DC to Addis Ababa as well as Addis Ababa to Beijing, Toronto and other long-range routes.

In line with our Vision 2025, we plan to provide more and more non-stop, long-haul flights to connect east, west, north and south using the strategic location of our Addis Ababa hub," he said. EY operates an all-Boeing fleet of 737, 757, 767 and 777 airplanes in passenger service and a 757, MD-1 and 747 in cargo operations.
Source: Air Transport World 

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