Ethiopian Airlines has announced its second daily frequency from Delhi starting from March 27. With this addition, the national carrier of Ethiopia, a Star Alliance airline, has increased its frequency to 28 flights from both Delhi and Mumbai to Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Airlines has announced some attractive introductory offers for Indian travellers. For travel trade, Ethiopian will be offering an additional 3% commission on IATA fare.
Announcing this new frequency in Delhi, Tadesse Tilahun, Regional Director India Subcontinent, Ethiopian Airlines, said that the revived aviation bilateral between India and Ethiopia has helped in increasing the capacity from Delhi to double daily. As per the bilateral, the airline would also be entitled to open new routes into two cities in South India, and the airline would soon open operations either Chennai or Bengaluru, after proper market study.
Ethiopian has doubled their capacities between India and Addis Ababa in the last one year, he said. “The traffic has been showing 10% year –on-year growth from India,” he said. The flights have been operating with close to 80% load factors on both the routes, he said.
Ethiopian is a network airline, he said, with almost 65% passengers are transit passengers connecting to other African destinations or to the US. Being the Star Alliance member, Ethiopian has strong synergies with Air India, he added, and passengers can travel to any African destination from any city in India with a single ticket.
Speaking on the occasion, Subhash Goyal, Chairman, STIC Travels, the GSA of Ethiopian Airlines in India, said that Ethiopian offers the fastest connection to Israel and the rest of Africa, and South America. “No other airline provides such seamless connectivity to Tel Aviv like Ethiopian,” he said.
Announcing this new frequency in Delhi, Tadesse Tilahun, Regional Director India Subcontinent, Ethiopian Airlines, said that the revived aviation bilateral between India and Ethiopia has helped in increasing the capacity from Delhi to double daily. As per the bilateral, the airline would also be entitled to open new routes into two cities in South India, and the airline would soon open operations either Chennai or Bengaluru, after proper market study.
Ethiopian has doubled their capacities between India and Addis Ababa in the last one year, he said. “The traffic has been showing 10% year –on-year growth from India,” he said. The flights have been operating with close to 80% load factors on both the routes, he said.
Ethiopian is a network airline, he said, with almost 65% passengers are transit passengers connecting to other African destinations or to the US. Being the Star Alliance member, Ethiopian has strong synergies with Air India, he added, and passengers can travel to any African destination from any city in India with a single ticket.
Speaking on the occasion, Subhash Goyal, Chairman, STIC Travels, the GSA of Ethiopian Airlines in India, said that Ethiopian offers the fastest connection to Israel and the rest of Africa, and South America. “No other airline provides such seamless connectivity to Tel Aviv like Ethiopian,” he said.
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