Ethiopian Airlines has secured a $450 million loan with Citi Corporate Banking and Export Agency and Finance to finance the purchase of three Boeing MAX 8s and two 777Fs. The loan is guaranteed by EXIM, the US Export-Import Bank. The loan…
Dubai Airshow has not been over for Ethiopian Airlines with Tuesday’s order announcements for up to 67 Boeing MAX and 787 aircraft. The carrier announced another one on Wednesday, be it a Memorandum of Understanding for 11 Airbus A350-900s. There was…
They have come through a long and, most recently, troubled relationship after the fatal MAX 8 crash in March 2019. But Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing have now restored their friendship and started a new chapter, which is symbolized on the second day…
UPDATE Jan 4 – The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) disagrees with Ethiopia’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (EAIB) final report on the accident of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302. The report, which was presented last week but published on the…
The launch of a new airline in Nigeria seems a step closer, now that the government has selected Ethiopian Airlines as the preferred bidder. Ethiopian is set to become a minority shareholder in Nigeria Air. However, there seem to be last-minute…
Ethiopian Airlines has converted options for four Airbus A350-900s into the larger -1000, Airbus has announced today. Ethiopian Airlines converts four A350-900s into -1000s. The African carrier currently operates eighteen -900s, of which two are leased from AerCap and sixteen…