Ethiopian Airlines gets 8th Boeing 777 Freighter (air101.co.uk)
Early this month, the freight division of Africa's leading
airline, Ethiopian, has taken delivery of its 8th Boeing 777 freighter aircraft
to add to its growing cargo fleet.
Arriving at its home base of Bole International Airport, the
aircraft was welcomed by Ethiopian Group CEO, Mr Tewolde GebreMariam who said,
“We are very delighted to welcome our 8th Boeing 777 freighter aircraft. The
new aircraft will help us bolster our leading role in cargo operation in Africa
and beyond, further expanding our commendable contribution in boosting the
continent’s airfreight export/import traffic as laid out in our Vision 2025.
As the largest cargo operator in Africa, we are currently
serving over 44 international dedicated Freighter destinations in Africa, the
Gulf, Middle East, Asia, the Americas and Europe, augmenting the export of
perishable farm products from the continent of Africa and the import of
high-value industrial goods. With more freighters on order, we are set to
consolidate our role in availing much-needed airfreight service within Africa
and beyond, further catalysing the continent’s economic growth.”
In little over a weeks time, Ethiopian Airlines will launch
passenger flights to Russia, via Turkey three times a week with a Boeing 787
aircraft. The link to Moscow marks a
massive development for the African airline and is seen as a key new
destination for the carriers vision 2025 plan.
"The air connectivity Ethiopian provides to link Africa and Russia
will go a long way towards facilitating and bolstering multifaceted relations
between the two regions. Our direct flights will also promote Ethiopian and
other African Tourist attractions to the Russian tourists. Russia will be the
final BRICS country in our ever growing global network.” GebreMariam said.
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