NOVEMBER 22ND, 2010 • BY DAVID LILIENTHALAs NYCAviation reported last Wednesday, Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of a significant airplane: ET-ANN is Ethiopian’s first 777, the African continent’s first -200LR and the 900th 777 to roll off of Boeing’s assembly lines.
On Thursday after taking delivery of the shiny new jet at Boeing’s Paine Field (PAE) manufacturing facility, pilots ferried the aircraft to Boeing Field (BFI)in Seattle for a formal delivery ceremony featuring speeches from Ethiopian and Boeing execs, as well as from Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Airlines' new 777-200LR (ET-ANN) (Photo by Jeremy Lindgren)
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