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Ethiopian Airways Receives Its twentieth Airbus A350-900

7 months ago 3 min read

Ethiopian Airways has taken supply of its remaining Airbus A350-900, no less than for the foreseeable future. The provider accepted this new widebody on April twenty eighth, with the plane touching down at its Addis Ababa hub the following day, April twenty ninth. Now, along with almost 20 Boeing jets, the provider will look forward to the 4 Airbus A350-1000s that it ordered final yr.

Plane and supply flight particulars

Ethiopian Airways’ newest A350-900 departed Toulouse on Friday, April twenty eighth at 21:39 native time. The jet operated as flight ET9201 and had a period of six hours and 11 minutes. It then arrived in Addis Ababa at 04:50 native time on April twenty ninth.

The plane is registered ET-AZN with producer serial quantity (MSN) 611. This explicit Airbus A350 was first noticed on April tenth conducting an engine run and taxi verify. Its first check flight then passed off on April twelfth, with Aviation Flights noting {that a} complete of three check flights had been performed previous to the April twenty eighth supply flight. In complete, the plane had eight hours and 27 minutes of check flight time.

The final A350-900

In line with ch-aviation.com, this newest supply is the ultimate Ethiopian Airways’ A350-900 anticipated on the provider. Nevertheless, the web site notes that it’s nonetheless anticipating to take supply of 4 Airbus A350-1000s. These stretched A350s had been formally ordered in July 2022 when it transformed 4 of its excellent A350-900 orders into the longer variant. The swap made Ethiopian Airways the primary African provider to put an order for the A350-1000.

It’s not simply Airbus plane but to be delivered. Certainly, ch-aviation.com information signifies that the airline remains to be anticipating 17 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, in addition to one other two 787-9 Dreamliners. The airline’s complete fleet measurement on the time of publication sits at 141 plane. Nevertheless, this consists of a variety of Boeing 777 freighters as properly.

The place does Ethiopian Airways deploy its Airbus A350s?

Ethiopian Airways operates each long-haul and short-haul companies with its Airbus A350-900s. Certainly, the airline makes the listing for shortest A350 flights as a consequence of its fifth-freedom service between Douala, Cameroon and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The airline operates one other pretty quick fifth-freedom service between Milan-Malpensa and Zurich.

On the opposite finish of route distances, the provider flies so far as Toronto (through Dublin), in addition to Beijing and Shanghai within the east. The flight from Toronto to Addis Ababa has a period of roughly 12 and a half hours, whereas companies from Shanghai and Beijing may be round 11 or 12 hours in period. Many different long-haul routes make the most of the airline’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.

Are you wanting ahead to Ethiopian Airways ultimately taking supply of the Airbus A350-1000? Have you ever flown with the airline earlier than? Share your ideas and experiences by leaving a remark!

Sources: FlightRadar24.com, Planespotters.web, Aviation Flights, ch-aviation.com