ethiopian airlines

Ethiopian Airlines strengthens its position as Africa’s largest A350 operator with order for six additional A350-900s

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Ethiopian Airlines has placed a firm order for six Airbus A350-900 aircraft, further strengthening its position as the largest A350 customer in Africa. This agreement was signed at the Dubai Airshow by Mr. Mesfin Tasew, Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO and Benoît de Saint-Exupéry, Airbus EVP Sales of the Commercial Aircraft business.“We are delighted to expand our Airbus fleet size with this order and strengthen our partnership with Airbus. As the continent’s leading airline and the largest operator … [Read more...] about Ethiopian Airlines strengthens its position as Africa’s largest A350 operator with order for six additional A350-900s

Ethiopian adds Xiamen, Shenzhen to cargo network

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  Ethiopian Airlines is marking its 50th anniversary in China and expanding its cargo services by opening new air freight routes to the mainland. Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has started two weekly freighter flights connecting Xiamen to South America and plans to commence two weekly freighter flights between Shenzhen and Liege on 17 February. The airline has deployed its B777 freighter on the new cargo routes and will link Xiamen with São Paulo and Santiago via … [Read more...] about Ethiopian adds Xiamen, Shenzhen to cargo network

Ethiopian Airlines extends contract with CHAMP

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Ethiopian Airlines has extended its partnership agreement with cargo IT solutions provider CHAMP Cargosystems for another 5 years. Under the agreement, Ethiopian, who has been a customer for 30 years, will continue to benefit from the acclaimed Cargospot suite of applications to manage its day-to-day sales and commercial activities and support its handling operations at Addis Ababa airport (ADD). In addition, Ethiopian will continue to operate other CHAMP solutions to manage its business, … [Read more...] about Ethiopian Airlines extends contract with CHAMP

Boeing secures widebody freighter orders from top players

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Boeing is gaining more interest for its newest widebody freighter after the manufacturer and long-standing customer Ethiopian Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the intent to purchase five 777-8 freighters. The African airline plans to expand its cargo and logistics business and become a key multimodal logistics provider in all continents as part of a 13-year ‘vision 2035’ plan. Boeing’s newest freighter has slightly less payload capacity compared to the 747-400 … [Read more...] about Boeing secures widebody freighter orders from top players

Ethiopian rolls out online cargo booking app

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Africa’s largest network operator, Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services, is looking to heighten the cargo customer experience with the launch of a new feature that enables online cargo reservations. The platform, available for Android and IOS, enables customers to check flight schedules, space availability, and loadability of freight and make real-time booking in a dedicated portal at cargobooking.ethiopianairlines.com Customers can also submit enquiries, receive notifications when the … [Read more...] about Ethiopian rolls out online cargo booking app

PLA Global Wrap: Week 33

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For this week’s instalment of the global wrap, we have a handful of announcements from week 33, including the planned freighter conversion site in Addis Ababa by IAI and Ethiopian Airlines and the completed purchase of Agility’s unit by DSV Panalpina. There’s also the latest updates from DHL Global Forwarding, BBAM’s new orders for narrowbody freighter conversions, and Qatar Airways’ global rollout with WebCargo. DSV Panalpina completes purchase of Agility’s GIL unit Danish forwarder DSV … [Read more...] about PLA Global Wrap: Week 33