Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) as planned, put its first Boeing 787 back into revenue service yesterday (April 27) on the Addis Ababa-Nairobi route. All 787s were grounded on January 16.
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Copyright Photo: TMK Photography.ย Boeing 787-8 ET-AOP (msn 34744) climbs away from Toronto (Pearson).
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Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) will lease three Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners from ILFC. ILFC issued the following statement:
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., announced Ethiopian Airlines has agreed to lease three of Boeingโs new Dreamliner 787-8 aircraft.
Ethiopian will have thirteen 787 aircraft by 2015.
The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2015 and will carry GEnx-1B70/75 engines. ILFC is the largest customer for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with an order book of 74 aircraft.
Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Boeing 787-8 ET-AOR (msn 34746) is seen at Everett (Paine Field).
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Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) will extend the Addis Ababa-Bangkok route to Kuala Lumpur on October 31. The route will be operated with Boeing 767-300 ERs, three days a week, per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. Boeing 767-360 ER ET-ALJ (msn 33767) completes its final approach into Dubai.
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Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) on August 14 took delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner dubbed “Africa First” in Seattle. The new airliner ferried to Washington (Dulles) for a special unveiling.
Today (August 16) the pictured Boeing 787-8 ET-AOQ (msn 34745) at Washington (Dulles) is operating a special flight from Washington (Dulles) to Addis Ababa. Regular daily service starts on September 20 on the route after the second Dreamliner is delivered.
The Dreamliner offers passengers greatly enhanced on-board comfort, with significantly reduced noise, higher level of humidity, the biggest windows in the sky and unique lighting system. Ethiopian had previously announced that it would rotate its first Dreamliner, ET-AOQ, primarily on its African routes.
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Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough. ET-AOQ taxies on arrival at Washington (Dulles). As previously reported, Boeing has dropped all customer codes with the 787. All of the models delivered so far are officially designated as 787-8 Dreamliners.
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Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) will be the first airline in the world outside of Japan to operate the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airline has announced the schedule for its first Dreamliner:
“The firstย Ethiopian Dreamliner will touch down in Addis Ababa at Bole International Airport on August 17, 2012. The first flight of Ethiopian Dreamliner dubbed โThe Dream Tour,โ will be on August 18, 2012, with a sightseeing flight to Mount Kilimanjaro for around 270 invited guests, consisting of Ministers, Ambassadors, other VIPs, Ethiopian ShebaMiles Gold Members and media.
Thereafter, starting from August 19, 2012, the first Ethiopian Dreamliner will be operating on rotation basis to African destinations such as Kilimanjaro, Mombassa, Harare, Lusaka, Nairobi, Entebbe, Lagos, Johannesburg, Abuja, Malabo, Douala, Lomรฉ, Accra, Maputo, Luanda as well as to Dubai, Mumbai, Rome, London and Frankfurt.”
According to Airline Route, the first regular route for the 787 will be the Addis Ababa-Rome-Washington (Dulles) route starting on September 20 (arriving at IAD on the morning of September 21).
Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. The first Dreamliner, the pictured 787-8 ET-AOQ (msn 34745) is being prepared for handover at Everett (Paine Field).
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