ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia Airlines is continuing to make the rounds with its newest 787 Boeing Dreamliner aicraft with its first landing at Maputo International Airport on Sunday. The plane arrived from a scheduled return flight from Ehtiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Mozambique's news agency AIM reported. The airline, the first with the flagship Dreamliner in Africa is also to use the plane for direct daily flights from Addis Ababa to Washington beginning September 20. In total, Ethiopia Airlines has ordered 10 Dreamliners, with five expected to be in service by the end of the year and the rest by 2014. The airline's chairperson, Tewolde Gebremariam, said: “The fact that we are the first airline after Japan to receive this ultra modern aircraft is an affirmation of our continual pioneering role in African aviation.” Ethiopian Airlines currently flies daily between Addis Ababa and Maputo.
