Advertisement:CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, has said today that the airline remains committed to the 737 MAX aircraft. At today’s CAPA Live, CEO of Ethiopian Tewolde Gebremariam stated that, following extensive scrutiny of the type, the airline feels confident about its future in the fleet. While multiple regulators have made their own assessments of the MAX, Gebremariam said that Ethiopian has been undertaking its own validation of the safety of the plane. Advertisement:No rush for service entryGebremariam explained that the first hurdle to overcome would be to settle the claims outstanding with Boeing. Although Ethiopian is slowly building up quite the fleet of Airbus A350s, the airline remains a heavily Boeing customer.

Source: Ethiopian News February 10, 2021 10:41 UTC