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{"id":2652,"date":"2014-09-22T08:06:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T08:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2014-11-18T13:23:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T13:23:40","slug":"ethiopian-places-2-1bln-order-for-boeing-737s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/?p=2652","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian places $2.1bln order for Boeing 737s"},"content":{"rendered":"

The order for the single-aisle Max 8, the first of four redesigned 737 models, comes with an option for an additional 15 planes, the companies said today in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Boeing model will be a key component of the Addis Ababa-based carrier\u2019s 15-year plan to expand its business to carry 18 million passengers a year, Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Tewolde Gebremariam said during a tourism forum in Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe African market has had a lot of great potential, but service has been a problem,\u201d Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace consultant with Fairfax, Virginia-based Teal Group, said in a telephone interview from Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are strong signs of improvement, led by Ethiopian and other airlines. This order shows a commitment to operate the most modern jets on domestic and intra-African routes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The order had been announced previously on Boeing\u2019s orders and deliveries website, without identifying the airline.<\/p>\n

Boeing\u2019s Max 8 is due to enter service in 2017 and is being outfitted with new engines from a General Electric Co. joint venture.<\/p>\n

Ryanair Holdings Plc (RYA) announced earlier this month that it would buy as many as 200 of the higher-capacity Max 200 model from the Chicago-based plane maker, with deliveries set to begin in 2019. (Bloomberg)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Addis Ababa, 22 September 2014 (WIC) – Ethiopian Airlines, Africa\u2019s largest carrier by revenue, agreed to buy 20 redesigned 737 models valued at $2.1 billion in the largest single order for Boeing (BA) Co. planes from the continent. The order for the single-aisle Max 8, the first of four redesigned 737 models, comes with an …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-embassy-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/boeing787.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3000,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652\/revisions\/3000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopianembassy.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}