Ethiopian Airlines orders 10 more A350s, 737 MAX 8s
Rapidly expanding Ethiopian Airlines has placed a follow-on order for 10 Rolls-Royce powered Airbus A350-900s, which were previously listed as undisclosed on Boeing’s order book. In addition, the carrier ordered 10 additional 737 MAX 8 aircraft, exercising options from their 2014 order, which was the largest for the 737 MAX in Africa. Ethiopian now has firm orders for 30 737 MAX 8s. Ethiopian took delivery of the first of its original order for 12 A350s in June 2016 and it now operates 4 of the type, including 2 leased aircraft. Alongside the A350 aircraft order, Ethiopian signed a US$1.5b Trent XWB engine order with Rolls-Royce, as well as a TotalCare support contract. The in-service Ethiopian A350s were initially deployed on Addis Ababa-London and have more recently been used on the airline’s Beijing route. <br/>
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Ethiopian Airlines orders 10 more A350s, 737 MAX 8s
Rapidly expanding Ethiopian Airlines has placed a follow-on order for 10 Rolls-Royce powered Airbus A350-900s, which were previously listed as undisclosed on Boeing’s order book. In addition, the carrier ordered 10 additional 737 MAX 8 aircraft, exercising options from their 2014 order, which was the largest for the 737 MAX in Africa. Ethiopian now has firm orders for 30 737 MAX 8s. Ethiopian took delivery of the first of its original order for 12 A350s in June 2016 and it now operates 4 of the type, including 2 leased aircraft. Alongside the A350 aircraft order, Ethiopian signed a US$1.5b Trent XWB engine order with Rolls-Royce, as well as a TotalCare support contract. The in-service Ethiopian A350s were initially deployed on Addis Ababa-London and have more recently been used on the airline’s Beijing route. <br/>
