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Commencing operations with a weekly service between Addis Ababa and Cairo, the initial fleet consisted of five DC-3 propeller-driven aircraft in which passengers sat in the folding canvas seats along the sides of the fuselage.

Today, Ethiopian Airlines operates four 767-300s and one wide-bodied Boeing 767-200, which are used for long haul passenger services. Medium-range flights are covered by four Boeing 757s and two Boeing 737s. Five Fokker 50s, and three DHC Twin Otters fly the domestic routes. In 2002, the airline carried 1,054,687 passengers.

1 Routes

Domestic service connects the Ethiopian cities of Addis Ababa (Bole International Airport and Lideta Airport), Arba Minch, Axum, Bahir Dar, Gambella, Gode, Gonder Jimma, Lalibella, and Mikele.

Internationally, Ethiopian Airlines flights from Bole International Airport and Dire Dawa International Airport connect Ethiopia with cities throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America:

Africa: Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Brazzaville, Bujumbura, Cairo, Dar Es-Salaam, Djibouti, Entebbe, Harare, Hargiesa, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kinshasa, Lagos, Lilongwe, Lome, Luanda, Lusaka, Nairobi, N'djamena, and Zanzibar.

Middle East & Asia: Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Hong Kong, Dubai, Jeddah, Karachi, Mumbai, New Delhi, Riyadh, and Telaviv.

Europe: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London,and Rome.

America: New York and Washington DC.

2 Fatal events on Ethiopian Airlines

Since 1970, there have been two fatal events involving Ethiopian Airlines aircraft.

On 15 September, 1988 an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 taking off from Bahar Dar, Ethiopia ingested numerous pigeons into both engines. One engine lost thrust almost immediately and the second lost thrust during the emergency return to the airport. As a result of the crash landing, 31 of the 105 passengers were killed.

On 23 November, 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, three hijackers commandeered a Boeing 767The Boeing 767 is a commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The Boeing 767, which was introduced in about the same time period as the 757, has a seat-to-aisle ratio in economy class of 3. 5 seats per aisle, making for qu on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a flight that flew on a Addis Ababa- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi- Brazzaville- Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos- Abidjan route. When ET-AIZ, the Boeing 767-260ER on the flight entered K. The flight was on its first leg, on a Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- NairobiNairobi is the capital of Kenya. It is one of the largest cities in Africa with a population of around 2 million. Nairobi's name comes from the Maasai Enkarenairobi meaning "cool waters". The city is located at latitude 1° 16' South and longitude 30° 53'- KenyaKenya (pronounced KEN-ya; the pronunciation KEEN-ya is archaic) is a country of eastern Africa, bordering Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and the Indian Ocean. Nairobi is its capital and largest city. Republic of Kenya ( In Detail) (Full size), BrazzavilleBrazzaville (population 600,000) is the capital of the Republic of the Congo and is located on the Congo River. The city was founded in 1880 by a French explorer, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, after whom the city was named. In 1944, Brazzaville hosted a mee, Republic of the Congo- Lagos, Nigeria- Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire route.

The hijackers were instructing the pilot to fly to Australia. Flying south along the African coast, fuel reserves ran out and one of the plane's engines stopped. While attempting a landing near Moroni in the Comoros Islands the aircraft ran completely out of fuel and ditched into waters 500m from shore. 123 of the 175 passengers and crew aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 died. All of the hijackers are presumed dead.

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