Ethiopian Airlines orders 12 Airbus A350 XWBs
Ethiopian Airlines and Airbus signed Sunday an agreement for the delivery of 12 long-range A350 XWB aircraft valued at around $2.9 billion.
The deal was signed Airbus president Tom Enders and Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake at the Dubai Airshow.
“We believe in what we heard about A350 XWB composite wide-body, and I think it will serve our market very well,” Girma Wake told reporters.
He said delivery of the first unit of the aircraft was planned for 2017, but indicated Ethiopian Airlines might to lease similar planes in the meantime.
Ethiopian Airlines had signed a memorandum of understanding for the 12 units in July.
Leahy also told reporters that Airbus did not have any “distressed” orders for the A350 XWB resulting from the global economic crisis.
Ethiopian Airlines also has ordered 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner composite aircraft.
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