Ethiopian Airlines is set to resume using the Boeing 737 MAX 8 almost three years after the type was grounded following the devastating accident in March 2019. It’ll deploy the MAX on eight routes from its Addis Ababa hub in February, with all but one route within Africa. A quick look at Ethiopian Airlines’ MAXsEthiopian received its first MAX 8 (registered ET-AVM) in June 2018, with another four examples (ET-AVI/AVJ/AVK/AVL) appearing before the end of the year, ch-aviation.com shows. Now the type is back, with Ethiopian Airlines set to resume service by the 160-seat equipment on February 1st, according to the carrier’s latest schedule upload to data experts OAG and reflected in various booking engines. A month in the life of EthiopianWhen writing, Ethiopian Airlines anticipates 3,685 departures from its Addis Ababa hub in February.

Source: Ethiopian News December 28, 2021 14:05 UTC