American attorneys for Ethiopian Airlines, which lost 157 passengers and crew in the second fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in early 2019, have advised the carrier not to accept a settlement Boeing has offered but instead to sue the manufacturer for punitive damages in the U.S. In an urgently worded letter sent Sunday, […]
On October 1st, a brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner took off from Everett Paine Field in Washington (United States) for Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). The aircraft was being delivered from Boeing’s final assembly facilities to its customer, Ethiopian Airlines. However, this wasn’t a typical delivery flight. Instead, it was a humanitarian delivery flight which saw the […]
Many Nigerians have commended the federal government by insisting that a Nigerian carrier, Air Peace must be allowed to evacuate stranded Nigerians from Canada. The federal government designated the Nigerian airline to airlift the evacuees but the Canada High Commission preferred Ethiopian Airline to bring Nigerians back to the country at higher cost and spending […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that airlines may burn through $61 billion of their cash reserves during the second quarter of 2020, while posting a quarterly net loss of $39 billion. IATA also revealed that over 7000 aircraft have been grounded worldwide due to the pandemic. The global body said the analysis […]
US aircraft maker, Boeing has announced that it would suspend the production of Boeing 737 MAX. The suspension comes after a former Boeing manager said he alerted the company to problems in the months before two crashes killed 346 people. Boeing said Monday that it is suspending production of its troubled 737 Max airplanes next […]
