as being a backward poverty stricken country.

Air Canada's first 787 Dreamliner operating as flight AC7008 lands and receives a water cannon salute at Toronto's Pearson Airport, Sunday May 18, 2014.

June 2, 2014

ETHIOPIAN TAKES DELIVERY OF B787 NUMBER 7

Seven received and three to go – that is the story of Ethiopian Airlines’ taking delivery of the world’s presently most advanced aircraft, the Boeing B787 Dreamliner, the first airline in Africa to get this revolutionary new bird and the one with the largest fleet at present which by the end of 2014 will have grown to 10 such aircraft