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Ethiopian Airlines signs $1.5bn deal with engine maker Rolls-Royce as it expands fleet

An Ethiopian Airlines plane flies out of Entebbe, Uganda. Ethiopian Airlines has signed a $1.5 billion dollar (Sh150 billion) deal with British engine maker Rolls-Royce. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  JAMES NGUNJIRI

Ethiopian Airlines has signed a $1.5 billion dollar (Sh150 billion) deal with British engine maker Rolls-Royce as it continues to upgrade and expand its fleet to realise the ambition of dominating Africa’s skies.

The deal means all the 10 new Airbus A350-900 aircraft that Ethiopian Airlines has recently ordered will run on Rolls Royce’s Trent XWB engines.

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