Africa’s largest airliner, Ethiopian Airlines, is mulling a purchase of a fleet of Airbus planes. It would be the company’s first order since the crash of its Boeing 737 MAX in March, which killed 157 people. Also on rt.com Boeing wants to pay families of MAX 737 crash victims $144,500 eachIt is not the first time the airline was looking at buying the 100-seat A220s for its fleet. However, last year it had decided to go for larger Boeing 737 family aircraft. However, following two deadly crashes earlier this year, Boeing’s most popular 737 MAX jets have been grounded due to an ongoing probe.

Source: Ethiopian News October 07, 2019 18:00 UTC