Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services, the largest and oldest aircraft maintenance centre in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has become the first in Africa with capability to repair the GEnx Engine, which powers the Boeing 787 aircraft.
The first GEnx engine repaired at Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services facility makes the airline among one of very few GEnx Repair shops in the GE MRO global network.
Ethiopian Airlines is planning to buy or lease up to six more 787 Dreamliner passenger jets by 2018 as it expands its destinations in Asia and South America, its CEO told Reuters.
"We are looking at another five or six by 2017/18. We always maintain a 60/40 percent balance, with 60 percent owned and 40 percent leased," Tewolde Gebremariam said on the sidelines of a global airline industry conference.
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest carrier, is planning to start flying to three addtitional Chinese destinations, an Ethiopian official said on Saturday.
Ethiopian Airlines is considering to order 10-20 narrowbody jets, its CEO told Reuters on Monday.
Ethiopian Airlines said it is "in the final stage" to return the B737 MAX fleet to service, with the first flight expected on 01 February 2022.
