Ethiopian Airlines secures additional 11 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
Ethiopian Airlines already has 22 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in its fleet.
Ethiopian Airlines has ordered an additional 11 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, further bolstering its fleet of narrowbody jets that already includes 22 737 MAX 8s.
On November 17, during the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2025, Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing announced that the African carrier is adding another 11 737 MAX 8s to its fleet, enabling the airline to grow its Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD).
Boeing’s orders and deliveries filings showed that as of October 31, Ethiopian Airlines had unfilled orders for 30 737 MAX aircraft, as well as 11 787-9 and eight 777-9s, with the airline holding options for 12 more of the latter following its order in March 2024.
According to Mesfin Tasew, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ethiopian Airlines Group, the order will support Ethiopian Airlines’ growth plans that it has set as part of its long-term strategy.
“We are happy that our partnership with Boeing continues to grow over the years, and we look forward to flying Boeing airplanes for years to come, and that we will continue to serve our customers by bringing them high-performance airplanes with passenger comfort.”
This is Boeing’s second deal announcement during this year’s Dubai Airshow, with the planemaker first announcing that Emirates ordered 65 777-9 aircraft, which includes options to convert any number of aircraft from the 777-9 to the 777-8 or the 777-10.
The latter has not been officially announced, but Emirates said that it will back Boeing to study the feasibility of the variant that would finally get the airline a new and large-capacity commercial aircraft that it has sought to replace the A38o in the long-term.
Rytis Beresnevicius
Cirium’s Diio Mi showed that in November, Ethiopian Airlines has scheduled 311 weekly departures with the 737 MAX 8 from ADD, which ranged from daily flights to Hawassa Airport (AWA), which is 214 kilometers (115.5 nautical miles) away, to departures to Chennai International Airport (MAA), an airport located 4,540 km (2,451 NMI) from ADD.
Boeing did not disclose when the 11 737 MAX 8 would be delivered to the airline, which last took delivery of a 737 MAX 8 on August 21, 2025, when the planemaker handed over its 22nd aircraft of the type, registered as ET-BAM.
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