Mesfin Tasew, CEO of Ethiopian Group, speaks with CNN's Richard Quest about Ethiopian's order of 20 Boeing 777-9's.

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/busin...i-business.cnn

Tasew notes that Ethiopian has been operating Boeing aircraft since 1945, and intends to continue doing so (at its inception in 1945, Ethiopian flew DC-3's, bringing in Convairs and DC-6's later, and operated Boeing products starting in 1959--technically, as McDonnel Douglas merged with Boeing in 1997, and the DC-3 is Boeing's stepchild by marriage). Ethiopian intends to continue buying Boeing products, despite the 737 Max saga, and in fact ordered 20 737 Max and 11 787-9's last November. The current order of 8 777-9's, with an option for 12 more, shows that even an airline with experienced a hull loss on the Max isn't deterred from pressing forward with Boeing.