Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWBs, making it Africa’s first operator of the type. It is also the Addis Ababa-based carrier’s first Airbus aircraft in its 70-year history.

The A350-900 touched down at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia this afternoon.

The airline has a total of 14 A350s on order, configured with 30 Cloud Nine business class seats, and 318 economy seats.

The A350-900 is on a long-term lease contract from Irish lessor AerCap and will initially operate on routes from Addis Ababa Bole International to Lagos and Dubai.