Ethiopian Airlines Holds Off On Deciding Between E2 And A220

Ethiopian Dash 8-400

Ethiopian Airlines wants to retire its Dash 8-400 fleet and replace the turboprops with small narrowbodies.

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CAIRO—Ethiopian Airlines is ready to place an order for a “double digit” number of Embraer E2s or Airbus A220s, but not until the types’ engine issues are resolved. “We need regional jets to replace part of our turboprop fleet,” Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mesfin Tasew Bekele told Aviation Week Nov...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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