Ethiopian Airlines eyes potential plane order this year

Ethiopian Airlines is in talks with Airbus and Boeing over potential plane orders and is expecting to make a decision by the end of the year, CE Mesfin Tasew said. The carrier is evaluating the Airbus A350-1000, Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 777X, Tasew told Reuters on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the IATA in Istanbul. The airline is also studying narrow-body jets and the smaller Airbus A220 and Embraer E195-E2, he added. <br/>