All Ethiopian Airlines articles – Page 3
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NewsEthiopian A350 sustains wing-tip strike during crosswind landing
South African investigators are probing a wing-tip strike by an Airbus A350-900 during a crosswind landing at Johannesburg earlier this month. The Ethiopian Airlines twinjet (ET-AYB) had been arriving from Addis Ababa on 6 November. It was conducting an approach to Johannesburg’s runway 03R and experienced a “strong crosswind”, says ...
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NewsThird-from-last Emirates A380 completes commercial line-up at Dubai air show
The line-up of airline-liveried commerical aircraft on the Dubai air show static display was complete on 14 November as the event got under way. Dubai air show static display Sunday By Sunday morning, an Emirates Airbus ...
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards signal return of international airline events
As Covid-19 travel restrictions are relaxed in some key airlines markets, the return of international in-person events is a growing trend – and an important one for an industry that would struggle if Zoom became the default setting for business networking.
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NewsBoeing to help Ethiopian Airlines advance pilot training, manufacturing and aftermarket services
Ethiopian Airlines has enlisted Boeing’s help in advancing Ethiopia’s aviation industry, with the companies agreeing to collaborate on projects related to pilot training, manufacturing and leadership development.
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NewsIAI pursues 767 conversion line in Addis Ababa through Ethiopian tie-up
Israel Aerospace Industries is further broadening its modification capabilities with a new freighter conversion line in Ethiopian for Boeing 767-300ERs. The line will be established at Addis Ababa, at the Ethiopian Airlines maintenance facility, under an agreement with the African carrier. Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam says the carrier ...
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NewsBA to accelerate 787 nose-gear modifications after retraction incident
British Airways is to speed implementation of a fix to prevent a repeat of the nose-gear retraction incident that damaged one of the carrier’s Boeing 787-8s on the ground at London Heathrow, in the aftermath of two similar events in the previous five years. UK investigators have yet to complete ...
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NewsEthiopian 777-300ER returns to service after steering into Lagos mud
Ethiopian Airlines has returned a Boeing 777-300ER to service after an incident in which the aircraft partially left a taxiway after arriving at Lagos. The aircraft (ET-ASL) had been operating a cargo flight having been temporarily converted to a freighter, says the carrier. It had landed at Lagos as flight ...
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NewsEthiopian Max crash probe in final stages: investigators
Ethiopia’s aircraft accident investigation bureau says its inquiry into the fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 crash near Addis Ababa is in its final stages. The accident involving Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 occurred two years ago, on 10 March 2019, five months after a similar loss in Indonesia – prompting civil ...
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Airline BusinessAirline Business special: CEOs to watch in 2021
As the Covid-19 crisis moves into its second year, we feature some of the airline chiefs whose success or otherwise will be bellwethers of the industry’s recovery in 2021.
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NewsEthiopian Airlines is ‘cash-positive’ as shift to cargo pays off
Ethiopian Airlines’ decision to temporarily convert 25 passenger aircraft for cargo operations has helped it to become “cash positive” during the Covid-19 crisis, according to the African carrier’s chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam.
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NewsEthiopian reports lack of progress in SAA joint-venture talks
Ethiopian Airlines is making slow progress with talks regarding cooperation with South African Airways, according to the former’s chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam.
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NewsEthiopian Airlines may resume 737 Max operations in July
African carrier Ethiopian Airlines is satisfied with modifications made to the flight-control system of the Beoing 737 Max and may bring the type back into service in the upcoming summer season, according to the carrier’s chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam.
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NewsEthiopian Airlines wins Decade of Airline Excellence Award for Africa region
Recipient of the Decade of Airline Excellence Award for the Africa region, sponsored by Eways Aviation.
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NewsEthiopian takes same-day delivery of a pair of A350s
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of another pair of Airbus A350-900s, both aircraft being handed over on the same day. The aircraft – MSN412 and MSN431, respectively ET-AYB and ET-AYA – departed Toulouse almost simultaneously for Addis Ababa in the early hours of 7 November. Ethiopian chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam ...
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NewsEthiopian 787 hit lighting mast after being sent to wrong de-icing stand
Norwegian investigators have revealed that a de-icing vehicle driver vainly attempted to stop an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9 from taxiing onto the wrong de-icing stand, before the jet’s right wing struck and felled a lighting mast at Oslo Gardermoen. The aircraft (ET-AUP), which was preparing for departure to Stockholm and ...
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NewsHong Kong probing fourth 787 ILS deviation incident
Investigators have revealed a fourth incident involving a Boeing 787 deviation from the localiser path, during an ILS approach to runway 25R at Hong Kong last year. The incident occurred to an Ethiopian Airlines 787-8 which had been arriving on 18 July. It had been cleared for the ILS approach ...
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NewsEthiopian 737 Max pilots battled intense pitch and trim forces
Investigators probing the fatal Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max accident have given additional insight into a crucial period during which the crew, having temporarily stopped the aircraft from automatically nosing down, struggled vainly to regain pitch and trim control. In an interim update into the 10 March 2019 crash near ...
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NewsEthiopian Q400 badly damaged in take-off excursion
Ethiopian Airlines has noted that wind and rain were present when a Bombardier Q400 suffered a runway excursion during take-off from Juba, resulting in substantial damage to the turboprop. The aircraft (ET-AQC) had been bound for Ethiopian’s hub at Addis Ababa as flight ET357 on 10 December. Ethiopian states that ...
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Newly-delivered Ethiopian A350 damaged in ramp mishap
Ethiopian Airlines’ newest Airbus A350-900 has been damaged by ground contact from a Turkish Airlines freighter at Kinshasa, less than eight weeks after delivery.
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NewsBoeing lands services deals with Saudia, Ethiopian
Boeing has inked two services agreements with Saudi Arabian Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines on the sidelines of the show.