With a view to boosting its long-haul fleet, Ethiopian Airlines is going to place firm orders for 20 wide body aircraft.
Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, told The Reporter that his management is evaluating the Boeing's new aircraft under development B777X and the Airbus A350-1000. "We are evaluating both so that they have to compete," Tewolde said. According to him, the evaluation started last month and will be finalized after three months. The number of aircraft could be 15-20, according to Tewolde.
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