Ethiopian takes delivery of Boeing 777-2 cargo plane

Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of a 10th Boeing 777 freighter to grow its air cargo capacity. The twin-engine commercial cargo plane, due to be operated by Ethiopian Cargo, has a payload of more than 100 tons. We are delighted to announce that we took delivery of our 10th Boeing 777-200LR Freighter aircraft,” said Ethiopian Airlines in a LinkedIn post on November 8. In September last year, Ethiopian Airlines signed up to lease three Boeing 767-300ER converted freighters from Titan Aviation. And in 2021, Ethiopian partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to launch a B767-300ER freighter conversion line at Ethiopian MRO facilities in Addis Ababa.