Addis Ababa,Thursday, 07 July 2011 - Ethiopian Airlines expects to receive delivery of Boeing Co.'s (BA) new 787 Dreamliner passenger jets in March 2012, Fikre Degife, the carrier's regional director for China, said Thursday.Speaking at an aviation conference in Shanghai, Fikre said the delivery had been delayed from December as originally scheduled but "we expect them to come in March.”The African carrier has ordered 10 787s, of which four were expected in December, Fikre said.He said the aircraft would be used on routes to China and Europe."It will give us the capability to have direct flights into China. It is a long-range aircraft," Fikre added.
Source: Wall Street Journal
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