When one talks about the history of 'Ethiopia', it helps to understand the various contexts the term 'Ethiopia' is used in.
- In the Bible and Greek manuscripts, the term 'Ethiopia' is frequently used to represent the ' burnt-face' or black people and land south of Egypt.
- The north portion of the present-day Ethiopia was called Abyssinia, with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) as the main religion.
- The other parts of the present-day Ethiopia had their own kings and kingdoms, like the Sidama, Keffa, Five Gibe Kingdoms, City State of Harer, etc.
- Later on all these kings and kingdoms were consolidated into the Ethiopian Empire, during the reign of Emperor Menilik.
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BUSINESS NEWS
Ethiopia's flag carrier Ethiopian airlines has announced a purchase order for ten Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft for a list price of $767 million. Both Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing confirmed the report, in statements posted on their websites. Ethiopian airlines now operates 37 aircraft and has 45 aircraft in order, the largest order in the company's history.
Ethiopian has 10 orders for the Dreamliner Boeing 787 which it will start receiving in July 2011. Ethiopian has placed an order for Boeing 787 in 2005 and will be the first carrier to operate Boeing 787 outside of Asia. Ethiopian recently confirmed an order for 5 Boeing 777 which are expected to begin service in 2011, in addition the airline has orders for 8 Bombardier Q400 and 12 Airbus 350-900.
Ethiopian airlines is the most profitable airline in Africa and flies to more destinations in Africa than any other airline.
Ethiopian Airlines Fleet
•10 Boeing 767-300ER
•8 Boeing 757-200ER
•5 Boeing 737-700
•3 Boeing 737-800
•5 Fokker 50
•2 Boeing 757-260F (Freight)
•2 Boeing 747F (Freight)
•2 MD-11 F (Freight)
•8 Bombardier Q400 (March 2010)
•5 Boeing 777-200LR (November 2010)
•8 Boeing 787-8 (July 2011)
•10 Boing 737-800 (Nov 2011)
•2 Boeing 787-9 (2011)
•12 Airbus 350-900 (2017)
Total: 82 aircraft
Source: Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopia - With 10 new orders for 737-800, Ethiopian now has 45 aircraft in order
01/24/10
