Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines | October 23, 2015

A Dreamliner declared an emergency this morning over the Atlantic after one of its engines shut down.The Ethiopian Airlines flight had set out from Dublin Airport at 6am this morning bound for Washington Dulles, when it encountered problems over the Atlantic Ocean.The pilot was forced to turn the plane around and signal an emergency, and declare intention to return to Ireland....

Ethiopian Airlines | November 03, 2015

An Israeli citizen was attacked by a Sudanese Muslim on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Chad to Ethiopia last week, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday night."The Sudanese attacker was detained by the Ethiopian police when the plane landed in Addis Ababa and remains in custody," the ministry said.Ethiopian Airlines identified the attacker in a statement as Ahmed Alsheikhidris Mohamed....

Ethiopian Airlines | June 27, 2015

Boeing Co. sold the remainder of its early, overweight 787 Dreamliners that have been in storage for years to meet demand from buyers eager to obtain jetliners that are otherwise sold out through the end of the decade.Ethiopian Airlines is acquiring six of the models in a transaction valued at £1.3 billion at list prices, Boeing said in a statement on Wednesday. Air Austral already agreed to buy two of the jets nicknamed “terrible teens” for their assembly struggles and places ...

Simple Flying | January 17, 2020

Canadian operator WestJet is planning a new transatlantic service. The Boeing 737 operated flight would be used to connect Canada’s Halifax to Manchester in the United Kingdom. The seasonal flight is set to operate over the 2020 summer period. WestJet is launching its third route from Halifax to the United Kingdom this summer. Accompanying its existing routes to London and Glasgow, the new connection will be operated by a Boeing 737 aircraft. Launching in June, the route will remain in ope...