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Ethiopian Airlines 'believes in' Boeing despite crash: CEO

Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam. Tewolde has struck a conciliatory tone towards Boeing whose models make up the majority of the Ethiopian fleet. PHOTO | REUTERS

By  AFP

Ethiopian Airlines "believes in" Boeing despite the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane that killed all 157 people on board and led to the model's grounding, the carrier's CEO said on Monday.

"Let me be clear: Ethiopian Airlines believes in Boeing. They have been a partner of ours for many years," Tewolde GebreMariam wrote in a statement.

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