(Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines has emerged as the unidentified buyer of five Boeing current-generation 777 freighters reported this week, two people familiar with the matter said.
The order, posted as an unnamed airline in Boeing’s monthly orders update on Tuesday, comes alongside a recently announced provisional agreement by the same airline for later deliveries of five of a successor model, the 777X freighter.
Boeing declined to comment. The airline did not respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson, Tim Hepher; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
