Ethiopian Airlines will fly a hundred airliners in June 2018

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Ethiopian marks African aviation history with 100th Aircraft in active service

http://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ethio ... e-service/

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it will take delivery on 5 June 2018 of its 100th aircraft, a Boeing 787-9, the 1st for an African airline to operate 100 aircraft fleet in the history of the continent, thus maintaining its pioneering aviation technology leadership role and ascertaining its leadership position in all aspects of Aviation Services in the continent.

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http://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ethio ... e-service/
Ethiopian has been "blazing trails" since 1962 at least.
Third World country -but not a third world airline

Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline of Ethiopia,[1] has a good safety record, by contrast to other African airlines.

Whereas many African state-owned airlines were and remain often poorly run, with staffings often serving nepotistic purposes, and business decisions being made on political grounds, Ethiopian Airlines remained professionally run and managed, leading the Christian Science Monitor to term it in 1988 a "capitalist success in Marxist Ethiopia".[70]

Despite famine, unfavorable exchange rates, and general economic disarray, the airline managed to retain its reputation, particularly in the provision of maintenance and training. The Financial Times noted that it managed to remain one of the most profitable airlines in Africa throughout the decade.[71]

The airline was featured by The Economist as an example of excellence in late 1987,[92] and economist Paul B. Henze recognised it in 2000 as being "one of the most reliable and profitable airlines in the Third World