Ethiopian Airlines recently took delivery of its 20th and final Airbus A350-900. With this delivery, the airline is awaiting the pending deliveries of 20 Boeing jets and four Airbus A350-1000s ordered in 2022.
Ethiopian Airlines' latest A350-900 departed from Toulouse and landed in Addis Ababa with a flight duration of six hours and 11 minutes. The delivery flight used 30% blend Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) thus reducing its carbon footprint and contributing to the ambition set by IATA, ATAG and ICAO to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
These stretched A350s were officially ordered in July 2022 when it converted four of its outstanding A350-900 orders into the longer variant. The swap made Ethiopian Airlines the first African carrier to place an order for the A350-1000.
The airline is also expecting 17 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and another two 787-9 Dreamliners. The airline's total fleet size currently is 141 aircraft. However, including Boeing 777 freighters.