Ethiopian Opens New York-Newark Services

Ethiopian Airlines B787 - Courtesy: wikipedia.org

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it will commence three weekly flights to New York-Newark from its hub in Addis Ababa effective July 3, 2016 via Lomé, Togo. The airline said it will commission the B787 Dreamliner on this route, which not only offers unparalleled onboard comfort to passengers, but is also the world’s most environmentally friendly aircraft with its lower carbon and noise emissions. The aircraft is configured with 24 Business and 246 Economy Class seats, all of which are equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual in-flight entertainment consoles.

The thrice weekly service will allow passengers connect between New York-Newark and many cities throughout Africa. Passengers out of Lomé will enjoy seamless connections to/from points in West Africa with ASKY, Ethiopian’s partner airline based in the country. Connections will be available to/from Abidjan, Bamako, Bissau, Brazzaville, Conakry, Dakar, Douala, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, N’djamena, Niamey, Ouagadougou and Yaoundé. At Addis Ababa, passengers will enjoy seamless connections to/from points in East and Southern Africa, including Nairobi, Dares Salaam, Khartoum, Kampala, Kigali, and Johannesburg.

Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, said “We are thrilled to resume our service to New York, our fifth gateway in the Americas. New York is one of the world’s most economically powerful cities and including it in our ever expanding network will play a critical role in the expansion of trade, tourism and investment between the fast growing continent of Africa and the United States. I would like to thank all who strived hard to make the route possible.” New York-Newark becomes Ethiopian’s 93rd international gateway and 4th gateway in North America.

Ethiopian currently operates daily nonstop flights from Washington DC to Addis Ababa, as well as three weekly nonstop flights from Toronto to Addis Ababa and three weekly flights from Los Angeles to Addis Ababa via Dublin. Ethiopian is expanding its network rapidly. In the past year the carrier has also introduced services to Tokyo, Manila, Dublin, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Durban, Gaborone, Yaoundé, and Goma.