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Ethiopian Airlines confirms order for 12 Airbus A350 XWBs

11/15/09

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Ethiopian Airlines confirms order for 12 Airbus A350 XWBs

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Ethiopian Airlines confirms order for 12 Airbus A350 XWBs

15 November 2009

Source: Airbus

Ethiopian Airlines has today ordered 12 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, bringing total orders for the A350 XWB family to 505, not even three years after launch of the programme.

In selecting the A350-900 to operate from their hub in Addis Ababa on routes to Europe, the US and Asia, Ethiopian Airlines becomes a new member in Airbus’ family of over 300 customers.

“We are committed to investing in industry leading technology to maintain our unrivalled reputation in Africa whilst continuing to grow” said Mr Girma Wake, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines. “The A350-900 uses new technology to bring superior passenger comfort and a step change in fuel efficiency to our rapidly expanding operations.”

“The A350 XWB's extra efficiency and cabin-comfort will strengthen Ethiopian Airlines’ position as a leader and benchmark in African aviation” said Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO. “More than 500 orders from 32 customers is a clear endorsement that the A350 XWB is shaping the future of air travel.”

The A350 XWB Family is Airbus’ response to widespread market demand for a series of highly efficient medium-capacity long-range wide-body aircraft. With a range of up to 8,300 nm / 15,400 km, it is available in three basic passenger versions.

The A350 XWB has the widest fuselage in its category, offering unprecedented levels of comfort, the lowest operating costs and lowest seat mile cost of any aircraft in this market segment. Powered by two new generation Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines, the A350 XWB Family is designed to confront the challenges of high fuel prices, rising passenger expectations, and environmental constraints.

Firm orders for the A350 XWB now stand at 505 from 32 customers worldwide.

Ethiopian Airlines Fleet

  • 10 Boeing 767-300ER
  • 8 Boeing 757-200ER
  • 5 Boeing 737-700
  • 2 Boeing 737-800
  • 5 Fokker 50
  • 2 Boeing 757-260F (Freight)
  • 2 Boeing 747F (Freight)
  • 2 MD-11 F (Freight)
  • 8 Boeing 787-8 (July 2011)
  • 2 Boeing 787-9 (2011)
  • 8 Bombardier Q400 (March 2010)
  • 12 Airbus 350-900 (2017)
  • 5 Boeing 777-200LR (November 2010)

Total: 81 aircraft
Source: Ethiopian Airlines, nazret.com

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msg Comment from: Melekot [Visitor]
I thought boeing 777 was a better choice, i guess they know something that i don't. In any case i am hoping to be one of the first ppl to fly on the tripple-7 when it finally gets deliver. Living in Seattle might finally pay off, lol,
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msg Comment from: James Kebede [Visitor]
A new book “Fly by Wire,” in which William Langewiesche argues that the true hero of Flight 1549, which plopped down safely in the Hudson River last January, was not the plane’s pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, but the engineers who designed the “fly-by-wire” system that stabilizes and aids the flight of many commercial airplanes, including the Airbus 320 flown by Sullenberger that particular day. New Yorker - William Langewiesche originally wrote about this in an article for Vanity Fair:

http://xrl.us/bf6afx

http://xrl.us/bf6af9


PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 15:23

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msg Comment from: TWEDRO [Visitor]
We are moving, and we are moving fast.
God bless Ethiopia!!!!
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msg Comment from: Fasil-oakland [Visitor]
Halafi Mengedi

It takes a big person to see what is big, not your kinds of morron.
wel-done Ethiopian Airlines, what a great achivment.

God bless my country
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 15:51

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msg Comment from: ankobar [Visitor]
Ethiopia is moving fast in all right directions,while the cry baby and no good extremists are crying like a woman.The good thing is these people are toothless dogs.The only thing they know is bark.
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 18:18

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msg Comment from: Yonas Bekele [Visitor]
Thanks for the link James Kebede, definitely one of the advents of modern aviation.

Melekot: the 777 are for immediate use (starting in Sept 2010) whereas the A350 won't be delivered until 2017 (assuming no production delays).
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 18:22

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msg Comment from: Deme [Visitor]
Other private companies should learn some thing from Ethiopian airlines. The gov't should give them some kind of freedom just like the Airline and they will be successful.

Part of the problem is, the gov't has too much control over the private or public business.

A good place to start is the Telecom idustry. The economy can grow and the benefit for many people would be real one.
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 18:41

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msg Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
James Kebede, the airplane of Captain Sully's ariplane was comepletely diabled when it's two engines ingested large birds. As Captain Sully replied to Caty couric question of ABC "how did manage to control the plane"? the captain said "I adjusted the air flow on the wing to keep the nose of the plane UP. Quickly he had to made a decision to land the plane in the water, as a thre area is heavily populated with large buildings if the captain was not a quick thinker, it could have resulted a huge disaster.
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 18:55

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msg Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
Twedro,Ethiopian Airlines is doing good but there are many things that Ethiopia needs to improve. Because of lack of good governance eventhough we are blessed with many large rivers and fertile soil, we are not able to feed all of our people all the time. Our economy remainss one of the poorest in the world, we have along way to go, with good governance I hope Ethiopia will improve in every aspect.
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 18:58

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msg Comment from: Amanuel [Visitor]
The high elevation and hot temperature in Addis proved to be a problem in ordering the Boeing 777 because it does not perform well under those conditions. That is why they went with the 777LR which has a more stable engine performance. I'm guessing the Airbus order was to scare Boeing since they delayed our precious 787 by over 2yrs now. I believe that both of the orders were well planned out by ETA. Wish them successful years to come.
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 19:12

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msg Comment from: Addis [Visitor]
Amanuel [Visitor]
Don't know where you got that report but selection of 777LR(Long Range) is due it's maximum range of 16,000+km(8900miles).
That means we can fly
Non Stop between Addis - Pejing or
Non stop between Addis- Washington or beyond
PermalinkPermalink 11/15/09 @ 21:48

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msg Comment from: General Wuchu [Visitor]
Is it true, the majority of the EAL engineers and operators are Ethiopians of Eritrean origin? When are you going to become independent from Eritrea?
Don't take me wrong. I am happy with the success of the Airline, but you all need to recognize the contribution of the people who made this success a reality. If not for Weyane's inferiority complex which caused many people to be deported, there is still are more who replaced them and the trend will continue.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 00:04

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msg Comment from: Mastewal [Visitor]
General Wuchu, You see, this is your malicious intent saying Eritreans are smarter and better than Ethiopians. This is exactly what you have learned from your masters colonials and remain your core problem; look who mach this attitude cost you. Few years ago we were at the same level but have you notice the gap we have know because you guys are just talking but we are working. You would rather have a gut to tall your idiot leaders to have a batter policy then you might save your nation from collapse.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 01:51

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msg Comment from: Amanuel [Visitor]
Addis
What you said is also true but the main reason for them having to pick the 777LR was because it is powered with GE90-115 engines, which has a much better performance compared to other variants of the 777 family. Especially under hot and high conditions as in Bole.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 02:17

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msg Comment from: Abel [Visitor]
Gemeral Wuchu
Anta bariasirahka sirah.diha sebka kelib
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 03:59

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msg Comment from: Yirgacheffee [Visitor]
Melekot [Visitor]

The Airline is ordering both the B777 and the A350 XWB
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 05:01

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msg Comment from: Sunudu Haile [Visitor]
Don't you know the pilot are from Tigria.the filght made off from Tigria.I do n't trust tigrian from beging infact.
the motter are stop without any passgerar.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 05:27

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msg Comment from: Daniel [Visitor]
There is baria in Eritrea but I have seen many kernafat when I was child in eritrea they luke like
ahiya I think Abel know well he is one of them ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa
dont worry obout Eritreans
they had forgetn you chaww ahiya
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msg Comment from: Derese [Visitor]
It is plain and simple why they (EAL) decided to purchase Air Bus instead of Boeing jets and that is because of the risk factor the Export Import Bank of the US refused to finance Ethiopian request.Hello Woyane idiots,this is the case.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 09:56

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msg Comment from: dereje [Visitor]
general wuchu
weyane might have done a lot of good things but none of them top your deportation to your cursed land.
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msg Comment from: ankobar [Visitor]
derege
i loved your responce to this banda.
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msg Comment from: ankobar [Visitor]
amanuel yonas and melekot
thank you guys for the insight.we need practical people like you.
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msg Comment from: ZXAmiche [Visitor]
Confused dereje says:

"weyane might have done a lot of good things but none of them top your deportation to your cursed land."

"good things", like human made famine, ethnic tension, looting National Bank, deforesting Oromia, killing peaceful university students in day light, in front of your sponsors,..."

As far as deporting Eritreans, despite personal suffering of Eritreans, yes, they've done a lot to the benefit of Eritrea, among them is infrastructure construction ALL OVER ERITREA, besides defense forces in Airforce, Navy and others, and above all, supporting self to be out of begging, avoiding famine.

Dedeb lemagn, you're bragging about Airlines, under the control of inferiority complex mafia while your people are in line for food-aid, suffering from human made famine and risking ethnic conflict.

In a country where there is ethnic tension and no internal peace, while the fabric of the society in farming is suffering from land sale, there would be NO dependable development before adressing and solving conflicts in good faith, which Ethiopia lacks. All what you have guarantee is Photo -op, just like poster children.

Peace and prosperity in HOA, devoid of ethnic cleansing and servitude !
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msg Comment from: The Right Way [Visitor]
Right after this fake business bonanza we will find Meles going back to lick his masters shoes for the usual beg for money or if I don’t get it “ I will kill my people" threat.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 13:08

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msg Comment from: 7- ELEVEN [Visitor]
General Wuchu
ZXAmiche
you bone head eritrians :))
you peple you declared a mental war on yourselfs and the weapon is MENTAL DISORDER,DISAPINOTMENT AND FRESTERATION.you will finish youselfs by yourselfs:)) 88| ;D
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 13:51

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msg Comment from: kebede [Visitor]
James Kebede,

What is your whole idea or point; just non sense. your topic or idea what ever you wrote here were off the topic as well nothing is related.
So who cares yeah indeed all life were safed thanks To God. other than that Man!!!!!!!! you are dumm ass.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 13:57

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msg Comment from: M.T. [Visitor]
James Kebede's and Danny's dialogue covers Captain Sully's two engines story, which ingested inside talks “miracle” of an aircraft that serenely touched down the surface of the water, as modern day parable has it, as an air port's shake-proof iron concrete. It well hasn't submerged keeping safe all passengers but in panic.

I think this is an act of chance that occurs once in a million times. A spontaneous act with a quick-fix decision, the Captain crash-landed over the water. Simply and absolutely a stress-free person, Sully’s rationale, in the time of enormous difficulty and chaos in the most rapid progression of time inside a cockpit of an airbus was balanced. God saw it only how! Yes, I applaud the American Boeing or was it the Air Bus, but speaking about the arbitration of Time in Chance and remedying a Lost Control into effect, it is an overwhelming and insurmountable a task, in any case, but it worked out by this person of nonchalance! Not arguing Boeing’s class, I think this kind of thought line that the quality of the aircraft, is an issue, consequently, the cause of this “miracle” doesn’t get us through to truth. Leave alone, Air Bus which is an experienced and competent as Boeing -– the whole pack of famous flag carriers fly Airbusses, be it; KLM, SAS, LUFTHANSA, BA, Saudi Air Lines, Brazil AL, the list goes on -- but also other aircrafts like Antonov could make it with the forte and rare talent of such airplane captains like Sully on the Hudson River.

I think this event could have instantiated in future designers to create airplanes to crash landing on sea in our planet which is 3/4th is water.

I enjoyed James and Danny’s arguments about the movement of time and J’s reference to the new book “Fly by Wire,” … which plopped down safely in the Hudson River ….

Thanks for very resourceful colleagues on the Nazreth Air Bus or was it the Nazret_elect_box. It is pity to miss out though elite writers like Coolman whose where about is unknown for the time being, may be they are working hard to electrify and dignify our Earth to level up the lives of the needy – not a scrap of duty, by any measure.

Salute !

not an aircraftman but a watcher of these man made flying vessels, mt
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msg Comment from: 7- ELEVEN [Visitor]
any ways who cares about the dead eritran fishes :?: :idea: :)) :>>
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msg Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
Amanuel, ETA is Ethiopian teachers association. Ethiopian Airlines is abbreviated as EAL.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 16:23

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msg Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
Amanuel Ethiopian Airlines chose the B777-200LR for its long range, Emirates is already using it on it's Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles non stop flights. When Ethiopian receives the planes Ethiopian can dro flying to the US via Rome, instead it can fly directly to Washington DC and many other states. It will also be able to open new routes to Australia and maybe New Zealand.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 16:25

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msg Comment from: Addis [Visitor]
Amanuel [Visitor]
Hot condition as Bole??
Is the day time high temprature of 75F or maybe 80F is hot for you???

I take it you haven’t been to Dubai, Jeddah, Cairo, or Phoenix,Arizona!!!!

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msg Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
General wuchu, Ethiopian airlines hires people from all corners of Ethiopia, the few "eritreans" that were hired before 1991 left when thier mercenary group aka eplf declared "independence" in 1991. general wuchu, it is Ethiopia who introduced the so-called "eritreans" to high school, university, various government jobs and even trade. "eritreans" while they were under the colony of fascist italy were not allowed to learn more than 4th grade.
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msg Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
sunudu haile, Ethiopian pilots are from every corner of Ethiopia, most of them were hired before the bandit group TPLF took power in 1991.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 16:34

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msg Comment from: Addis [Visitor]
Derese [Visitor]
R you serious??
US EX-IM bank refused to finance planes that will be purchased in 2017 but willing to give ETHIOPIAN credit to purchase 5 Boeing 777 & 10 787 in 2010!

So where did you get that inside news? Aljazeera??
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 16:36

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msg Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
Addis, Amanuel stated the high altitude of Addis Abeba and Bole Airport. It is 8,000 feet above sea level.
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msg Comment from: Amanuel [Visitor]

My bad...thanks Danny for the correction. I don't know how i ended up typing ETA instead of EAL( you could also take it as estimated time of arrival haha). Anyways, as I said, one main reason for choosing the 777LR is obviously because of the long range routes that can be conducted once we acquire the aircraft, but the EAL team also made that decision because of its performance. Yes I know "Addis" that Dubai is extremely hotter that Addis but I used the words (hot and high) together. Have you ever wondered why most of the long haul heavy flights such as that to the US always departs at night? Its really not just for the convenience of the passengers but also to get better performance out of the engines since the temperature drops during night time. And the engines of the 777LR come exclusively with GE90-115 engines which have higher take off thrust and allow maximum take-off weight, making it a better choice in both aspects.
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msg Comment from: NoStRoDuMuS [Visitor]
dereje
I love your response to the so-called "general Wuchu". By the way, do you know we almost captured him in badme. any way, you got him spot on.
PermalinkPermalink 11/16/09 @ 18:30

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msg Comment from: Shegaw - Yayew Hulu Yidenekal [Visitor]
Danny [Visitor]

You made this false statement: "
General wuchu, Ethiopian airlines hires people from all corners of Ethiopia"

Have you ever seen any Somali born and raised in Ethiopia working for Ethiopian Airlines or an Afar or a Kottu for that matter??

It is nice to tell the truth some time. Ethiopian Airlines is saturated with habesha only meaning Amara and Tigrais
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msg Comment from: Yeha [Visitor]
I like good news.Yeha
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msg Comment from: Yeha [Visitor]
ZXAmiche,
how about your only one air plane airlines? can you tell us about your own air lines development if you have one? I know you stupid banda shabian are jealousy about our fast growth airlines deeper in your gut.Well we can't help you there but may your master Italino help you there. Yeha
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msg Comment from: mamo [Visitor]
that is great thx Ethiopian Airlines good job we need also mor flight,for Domestic aria Like.sidamo,Bale,Harar,etc..God blessed Ethiopian
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msg Comment from: Zewdubelay [Visitor]
Bravo!!!
Go Ethiopian,go forward with the wonderful CEO Ato Girma. He has the gut to implement his strategy despite the fact that an airline industry has a fierce competition.


Do not try to compare US economy with a tiny state like haiti or bahamas by the same token the correct benchmark for the so called 'genious and intellectual eritreans' is probablly puntland.
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msg Comment from: Yirgacheffee [Visitor]
Yeha,

Be careful. Good news is lethal for some.
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msg Comment from: Yeha [Visitor]
Yirgacheffee,
first of all my missed your comment so much here. Secondly thanks for the reply and please try to participate some times if possible.

Above all, as you mentioned the hamburger boys diaspora are sick to hear good news about Ethiopia,including the banda jealousy shabians as well.

Though thanks to EPRDF, the airlines has shown a tremendous achievement the last 10 years.And yet its development is continuous as speed of sound these days.This is absolutely not good news for those sick mushemush brain diaspora.Do you know noticed that?

Take care my brother and I wish you have a successful journey too.Your brother Yeha
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msg Comment from: Yeha [Visitor]
Yirgacheffee,
first of all I missed your comment so much here. Secondly thanks for the reply and please try to participate some times if possible.

Above all, as you mentioned the hamburger boys diaspora are sick to hear good news about Ethiopia,including the banda jealousy shabians as well.

Though thanks to EPRDF, the airlines has shown a tremendous achievement the last 10 years.And yet its development is continuous as speed of sound these days.This is absolutely not good news for those sick mushemush brain diaspora.Do you know noticed that?

Take care my brother and I wish you have a successful journey too.Your brother Yeha
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msg Comment from: Chalaa from Adiss [Visitor]
General wuchuu, the Eritrean banda,

18 years has passed since your so called indipendence, but you have yet to prove how an eritrean with slave mentality is betetter than Ethiopians who have babysited you for centuries and are still feeding you in refugee camps. you guys are addicted to boasting to your own distruction. I wonder what kind of contaminated condom the Italians might have used to permanently damage your as*ss so that you can't think straight to save your damn Eritrean a*ss. you can bulshit all you like about Ethiopia and Ethiopain air line but there is nothing you poor people can do to stop it's succcess. Gebitooo:?: a*ss hole.
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msg Comment from: emso [Visitor]
god bless ethiopia
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msg Comment from: endy of trany [Visitor]
REMEMBER THIS IS NOT A CASH PURCHASE AID MONEY HAVE BEEN DIVERTED AND RECYCLED TO FINANCNE THE DEPOSIT FOR PURCHAHSE WHILST MILIONS STARVE

Perhaps EAL should inverst .01 % of this figure in customemr servcie training.

No matter how many planes they buy they still have one of the poorest customer service levels in the industry,

Ethiopian Airlines is more like a cattle a class airline.
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msg Comment from: mesfin B [Visitor]
This for Zxamchie, Gen Wuchu and any Eri on this site. I couldn't help but state this fact from googling about this sahel - Medre beda former Ethiopian province.
Since independence from Ethiopia in 1993, Eritrea has faced the economic problems of a small, desperately poor country, accentuated by the recent implementation of restrictive economic policies. Eritrea has a command economy under the control of the sole political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). Like the economies of many African nations, the economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture, with 80% of the population involved in farming and herding. The Ethiopian-Eritrea war in 1998-2000 severely hurt Eritrea's economy. GDP growth fell to zero in 1999 and to -12.1% in 2000
Peace out bros.
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msg Comment from: Tigray People Looting Front=TPLF! [Visitor]
EFFORT will soon announce its total ownership of the airline. They are checking with the mood of the diaspora, the largest market.
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msg Comment from: End of trany [Visitor]
Amanuel
Getting the B777 is not as a result of the sole desire to fly non stop routes, they could have got the A340-300 if they wanted to do that, the present hop-and-drop routes makes sense to EAL as they fly from London pick up passengers in Rome and can still barely fill a B757, with 175 seats, the same for the DC- Frankfurt -Addis leg, but now they say they will fly direct to DC with a plane 45% bigger or to Seattle? And let’s not forget the A350 order comes to fruition in 2017 if they go ahead with it, Airlines make and cancel orders it is nothing new, has any body also given a thought to where these aircraft will land? Bole Airport at peak time now is worse than Mercarto or Piassa Bus stop so imagine 17 more planes with 10,000 more arriving and departing passengers daily at Bole airport with just 5 gates ? Hmm let’s see do we whip put the begging bowl for Aid to expand Bole airport in 2014?

Also it should be remembered that the leased fleet which make up 50% of Ethiopian airlines fleet is due for retirement as the new aircraft come into service, so it is not like they are really expanding, seat capacity will increase by at most 10-15%, with a cost increases of about 20-40 % due to higher lease & maintenance costs of brand new aircraft US$980,000 / month[777] vrs US$250,000 / month [767]and Higher fuel consumption: 2100 GPH [777] vrs 1300GPG [767]

One would expect that load factors should be approaching 90% to justify an increase in Aircraft size but I am sure they know what they are doing and this is not just another way to syphon funds to woyanens overseas accounts ?
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msg Comment from: Addis [Visitor]
End of trany [Visitor]
You seem to be contradicting yourself.
In one hand you try to scare us that there will be 17 new aircrafts with 10,000 more passengers coming soon to Bole; in which the airport is not capable of handling. On the hand you tell us that 50% of the aircrafts are leased and they will be replaced with new aircraft so this is not considered an expansion.

Which one of your statements is true?
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msg Comment from: James Kebede [Visitor]
Here are more aviation related article links where the others came from. Thanks for your interests:

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http://xrl.us/bf7ijh

http://xrl.us/bf7ina


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msg Comment from: lij [Visitor]
Is this part of the stimulus package to create jobs in Europe, while sticking Ethiopia up with high interest rate loans? Serious question.
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msg Comment from: HAGOSE [Visitor]
ethiopians airlinec dont forget 6milion ethiopians starvd to dath help them
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msg Comment from: my commentttttttttttttttttttttttttt..... [Visitor]
Boeing is far better than airbus but meles wants to help out his future home(uk) and get some support from EU for the 'election'...you know,I know,so we know the truth.
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msg Comment from: 7- ELEVEN [Visitor]
what's up NAZRETOCHE ENA YE POLETICA EXPERTERS :?: :>>
more likely you don,t talk to much on winter season, do you :?:
PARKING SERA KEZEKEZE MESELE:. :))
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msg Comment from: Jemal1 [Visitor]
The A380 embarks on new global demonstration tours!
After completing its appearance at the Dubai Air Show, the A380 tour will continue with a stopover in Ethiopia on 20-21 November, where high altitude landing operations will be performed, followed by the return to Airbus headquarters in France.

Sounds like another sales pitch from AIRBUS to convince ETHIOPIAN to purchase the double decker jumbo jet airline!

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msg Comment from: mesfin B [Visitor]
Mr. Jemal1.
I am surprised about this marketing flight of the world's largest aircraft. Are you telling me it will land in Addis ? The day this flight arrives at Bole, my fellow people might say - Egzio meharene Kristos -
because of its sheer size. as much as it is a sales pitch by Airbus, it has no significant value in terms of EAL's future. This type of aircraft is for those big airlines in the world with lots of flight on a daily basis. AA, UsAir, Lufthansa and the likes may have a great usage
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msg Comment from: Amanuel [Visitor]
Very surprising!!!! They already conducted the same test two years ago. I dont know why they have to do it again..especially way after the aircraft is already certified. Maybe it is really more of a sales pitch but too bad, I know for sure ET won't be ordering the double decker at least for now. Maybe after 8-15 years it might be a prospect.
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msg Comment from: Jemal1 [Visitor]
mesfin B,
Reading more on Airbus’s website, this sounds more and more like an altitude flight test for A380 than a sales pitch. Bole is a perfect fit for this type of test; International Airport at very high altitude surrounded with even higher mountains.
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