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Search Results: ethiopian-airlinesEthiopian Airlines to receive Bombardier Q400 aircraft in March - Video IncludedPublished: Feb 19, 2010 by bini
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Ethiopian Airlines says first Bombardier Q400 to arrive in March
Source: ENA  Ethiopian
Airlines announced on Thursday that the first Bombardier Q400 aircraft
among its order for Canadian plane maker Bombardier Inc. will arrive on
March 22, 2011, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency reported.Domestic Sales, Marketing and Operations Director of Ethiopian Abebe Angessa said Ethiopia had signed a purchase of agreement with the Canadian company to buy eight Bombardier Q400 aircrafts at a cost of 192 million USD. The director said the remaining seven aircraft will arrive by September 2011. He said each aircraft worth 24 million USD can carry 72 passengers. The director said Fokker aircraft which have been serving the last 15 years would be replaced by Bombardier Q400 aircraft. Another Ethiopian Airlines plane makes emergency landing, 120 Passengers refused to fly againPublished: Jan 29, 2010 by bini
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The plane, a Boeing 737 en route from Dakar in Senegal to Addis Ababa via Bamako in Mali, "left this morning at 5:00 am (0400 GMT)," said an airport official, as well as airport police. The incident comes days after another Ethiopian Airlines 737 with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean minutes after takeoff from Beirut during a raging thunderstorm on Monday. There were no survivors. Ethiopian Airliner Crashes into Sea After Takeoff from BeirutPublished: Jan 25, 2010 by bini
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 An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of Monday, the Lebanese transport minister said. The Boeing 737-800 disappeared off the radar some five minutes after taking off at 2:37 a.m. (7:37 p.m. ET Sunday) during a thunder storm and heavy rain, airport sources said. It was heading for Addis Ababa. Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told reporters at the airport that the crash site had been identified 31/2 kilometres west of the coastal village of Na’ameh. He said search and rescue operations were under way but declined to give further details. He said it was too early to say what caused the crash but confirmed the plane took off in stormy weather. An investigation into the cause was under way, Mr. Aridi added. Ethiopian Airlines became the first African carrier to order the ultra-long-range 777-200LR modelPublished: Jan 24, 2010 by bini
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SEATTLE (BNS): Ten Next-Generation 737-800s, valuing $767 million at list price, is ordered to Boeing by Ethiopian Airlines. The order previously was listed on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries Web site as unidentified.
According to a Boeing press release, in 2009, Ethiopian Airlines became the first African carrier to order and operate the ultra-long-range 777-200LR model. Ethiopian also was the first African carrier to order the 787 Dreamliner, ordering 10 in 2005. Ethiopian Airlines Hostest Helina Teferi sentensed to jail in UKPublished: Jan 17, 2010 by Helly
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LONDON — An air stewardess who attempted to smuggle almost £30,000
worth of cannabis (marijuana) into the UK has been sentenced.
Helina Teferi, 21, a stewardess for Ethiopian Airlines, was sentenced to three years in prison after being stopped by Border Agency officers at Heathrow on a flight from Ethiopia\'s capital Addis Ababa on October 12, 2009. Her baggage was searched and around 10.5kg of cannabis was found, concealed beneath a false bottom in the suitcase. Ethiopian Airlines sweeps five Awards in 2009Published: Dec 3, 2009 by bini
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 The award was presented at the 41st annual general assembly of African airlines association held during 22-24 Nov, 2009, in Maputo, Mozambique. According to a source from the airlines, the latest honor was in recognition to its distinctive customer service, and to its exemplary provision of airline service to the African aviation industry. Eagle Airlines Signs Code-Share With Ethiopian AirlinesPublished: Dec 1, 2009 by bini
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 The codeshare which was signed by Capt. Dapo Olumide and Ato Girma Wake is coming on the heels of an earlier technical service agreement in August by both airlines in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A codeshare is a commercial air pact between two airlines to offer passengers services on either airline. CBE, Ethiopian holding talks to resolve “a surprising incident”Published: Nov 15, 2009 by bini
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The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and
Ethiopian Airlines are holding talks to resolve a case of an alleged
plagiarism of a Term of Reference (ToR) document prepared and
distributed to consultants who had contested for the design works of
the headquarters of CBE, knowledgeable sources disclosed to The
Reporter.
The ToR was prepared by Wihib Kebede &
Associates, an architectural firm, to guide the design competition of
CBE’s future headquarters. Ethiopian is alleged to have issued the same
document calling bids for a design of its future headquarters, too, the
sources said. Ethiopian to buy Airbus A350 jetsPublished: Nov 14, 2009 by bini
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The order is expected to bring sales of the future mid-sized, long-range passenger jet above the 500 mark. Top Ethiopian Singer Kemer Yusuf formed Oromia AirwaysPublished: Sep 28, 2009 by Helly
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Ethiopian News
By Andualem Sisay
Kemer yusuf, known as among the best Ethiopian singer of Oromo music, steps into the growing local flight business of Ethiopia by forming Oromia Airways jointly with two Ethiopians business men.  Dinku Deyasa, Engineer Elias Ebsa and the Toronto-based musician, have
now established DEK Oromia Plc with an initial investment of 40 million
birr (around 3.2 million USD).Three businessmen who joined together and
formed Oromia Airways have now secured two aircrafts with 14 and 19
passenger seats, Captain Abiy Makonnen Beri, Chief Operating Officer of
the airways told AfricaNews.
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NDJAMENA — An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet which made an
emergency landing in Chad due to a radar problem took off again Friday,
but 120 of its 150 passengers refused to board, airport authorities
said.
