It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner departing Stockholm Arlanda as it operate the triangle service between Addis Ababa, Oslo and Stockholm. Ethiopian Airlines operate a fleet of 19 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, with two 787-9 aircraft (and two more 787-9s on … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900
It's Sunday again, and it's time for some more airplane art. This week, resting at London Heathrow Airport is an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900 near Terminal 2 after its long from its home base on a grey spring day. Ethiopian Airlines currently operation three Airbus A350-900s in its fleet, with eleven more due to join the cadre. Ethiopian Airlines also … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200LR
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week resting between flights at the hard stands near London Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 is an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200LR Ethiopian Airlines operate a fleet of six Boeing 777-200LRs (the ultra-long range variant of the Boeing 777), operating in the worldwide long haul fleet. These are … [Read more...]
Ethiopian Airlines to operate Addis Ababa to Los Angeles… via Dublin
There are times when you look at a route map, and you think... wha? This is one of those times, with Ethiopian Airlines planning a route between Addis Ababa to Los Angeles... via Dublin In terms of Great Circle Map, it looks something like this: Planned Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa to Los Angeles via Dublin Great Circle route: Maps generated by the Great … [Read more...]
Ethiopian Airlines adds Shanghai to its network with a 787
Ethiopian Airlines will be adding Shanghai to its route network as the airline continues to develop. The new route will operate between Addis Ababa – Shanghai Pudong daily on the following timetable: ET684 DEPART ADD 23:30 ARRIVE PVG 15:15+1 ET685 DEPART PVG 00:35 ARRIVE ADD 06:55 Operates from 29th March 2014 Operates Daily Booked Equipment Boeing 787 Dreamliner This … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767
It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER resting at Brussels National Airport between flights. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! Want to keep up with me at GhettoIFE? Join me either by … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Ethiopan Airlines Boeing 767
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. As the sun begins to set on a nice autumn day in Brussels, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 is being loaded and examined ahead of its next duty. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
Ethiopian 787 Fallout: FAA orders ETL’s to be made inert or disabled
More fallout from the Ethiopian Airlines 787 on board fire incident, with a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issuing an air-worthiness directive which requires airlines operating the Boeing 787 to inspect or remove the Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT) installed in the aircraft. The FAA directive … [Read more...]
AAIB looks at the Ethiopian 787 incident… and it’s not good news…
The UK Air Accident Investigation branch has published a Special Bulletin regarding the Ethiopian Airlines 787 incident at Heathrow last Friday at http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/S5-2013%20ET-AOP.pdf In it there are two recommendations that have been made - which does have implications for the world-wide fleet of 787's, as well as other aircraft. It is … [Read more...]
More questions than answers with the Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire…
Some of the answers somewhere under that carbon fibre and titanium frame. Image - BBC Online. There have been reports by FlightGlobal and the Wall Street Journal that the investigation is looking at the Emergency Locator Transmitter that can be seen scorched near the top of the fuselage. Honeywell - the manufacture of the part - has joined the investigation … [Read more...]
