Addis Ababa - Due to the increasing number of its passengers, Ethiopian Airlines announced on Thursday it had leased a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft one a dry basis for long range flights.
Under the agreement with International Lease Financing Corporation (ILFC) of California, United States, the East African airline's cockpit crew would operate the aircraft to any scheduled destination, with its own cabin crew providing service on board.
Manufactured in October 1996, the 220-seater plane, with 190 Economy Class seats, was expected to meet Ethiopian's current capacity requirement, according to the airline management.
The aircraft left Amsterdam, Netherlands, at noon on Thursday and was scheduled to land at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport on the same day at 21:45 local time.
Ethiopian and ILFC signed the five-year lease agreement on November 23 2006 in Addis Ababa. The deal would be effective on December 8. -panapress
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