Ethiopian Airlines is preparing to send two Boeing 737 MAXs to the Democratic Republic of Congo for a new joint venture airline slated to launch in December.
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.
Ethiopia's Civil Aviation Authority has launched a transformation program to develop its regulatory competence to keep pace with Ethiopian Airlines’ success.
Ethiopian Airlines Group has kick-started plans for what is intended eventually to be Africa’s largest airport, outside Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian MRO, the maintenance division of Ethiopian Airlines, has agreed with ATR to develop repair and training capabilities from its base in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian Airlines says the situation with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s has become one of its biggest challenges, while Gulf Air says it is holding back its growth.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew says the Boeing 737-8s the carrier was expecting to receive this year have been delayed; he also doubts the 777X timeline.
A traffic collision avoidance system alert was triggered Feb. 24 by lack of separation between an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350 and a Qatar Airways Boeing 787.
Ethiopian Airlines tells Aviation Daily in a one-to-one interview in London that “new authorities in Nigeria wanted to look into how the agreements were made.”
Several airlines detailed fleet expansion plans as they announced orders and commitments at this year’s Dubai Airshow—transactions that largely favored Boeing.
