Thursday, January 21, 2010

Ethiopian orders 10 737-800s, launches West African airline

Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake yesterday announced that the carrier placed orders for 10 737-800s this month while achieving a long-sought objective to create a West African hub with the launch of ASKY Airlines, a Lome-based carrier operating a pair of 737s leased from ET.
First flights for the new airline on Jan. 15 were from Lome to Abidjan and Banjul (ATWOnline, Dec. 9, 2009)......