Addis Ababa, August 8, 2023 (FBC) \u2013 Ethiopian Airlines will receive 8 passenger aircraft and add six more international destinations in the coming few months, Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO told ENA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Mesfin Tassew told ENA that the airline has ordered 26 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus companies where 8 of them will be received in the coming few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rest of the airplanes will be delivered later on and the airline has also plan to bring in more aircraft, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have ordered 26 planes. We will bring 8 new airplanes in this fiscal year. The rest will come after that. We are also in negotiations to order new planes,\u201d Mesfin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two planes purchased from Boeing will be received after two months and following that the airline will add six more international destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One destination will be in Africa and the rest are in European countries, the CEO said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madrid, Amsterdam, London Gatwick, Lisbon, Vietnam\u2019s Hanoi, and Central Africa\u2019s Bangui will be the airline\u2019s new destinations, he pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The airline is working to achieve a target of increasing its revenue by 22 percent this year, according to Mesfin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this purpose, besides increasing the number of aircrafts and expanding flight destinations, infrastructure expansion and improvement of customer service are being carried out, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, reform activities are being strengthened in many other areas of the airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs we plan to increase our revenue by 22 percent, we will add 6 international destinations, most of them in Europe,\u201d he stated, pointing out that they are Madrid, London-Gatwick, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Vietnam\u2019s Hanoi, and Central Africa\u2019s Bangui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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